Direct catalytic sulfonation of methane with SO2 to methanesulfonic acid (MSA) in the presence of molecular O2
Sudip Mukhopadhyay,Alexis T. Bell
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 06/03/2003 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/B303561A
Abstract
Methane is transformed selectively to methanesulfonic acid at low temperature by liquid-phase sulfonation of methane with SO2 and O2 in the presence of Pd- and Cu-salts as the catalysts.
