Process for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons via sulfur-containing intermediates
US4864074A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 3, 1988 |
| Grant date | Sep 5, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 3, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S585/943
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is provided a process for converting methane to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons. In a first step, methane is contacted with elemental sulfur. In one embodiment, carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide are produced from this reaction of methane and sulfur, and this product is, in turn, reacted to form CH.sub.3 SH. In another embodiment, CH.sub.3 SH is formed directly in a one-step reaction of methane and sulfur. This CH.sub.3 SH is then contacted with a sufficient catalyst, such as a zeolite, especially ZSM-5, under conditions sufficient to produce hydrocarbons having two or more carbon atoms.
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