Titanium complex converts methane to alkenes at room temperature

By Jamie Durrani2018-03-21T11:43:00

Ti complex produced during room temperature olefination of methane

Source: © Royal Society of Chemistry

New work illustrates the ‘crucial steps’ required for a process to make useful chemical feedstocks from methane

Researchers in the US have developed way to convert methane into alkenes at room temperature. Such a process could one day be used to generate useful chemical feedstocks while reducing the amount of energy wasted by burning methane.