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A novel approach to selective oxidation of gaseous hydrocarbons

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Selective oxidation of hydrocarbons can be performed by some microorganisms possessing monooxygenase activity. Biocatalytic activities of some strains of methanotrophic bacteria (which utilize methane as a sole source of carbon and energy for growth) were investigated in the reactions of partial oxidation of methane and propylene. Formation of commercially valuable oxy-products (methanol, epoxide) occurred with 100% selectivity under the mild reaction conditions studied.

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Процессы селективного окисления углеводородов в мягких условиях можно реализовать при участии микроорганизмов, обладающих монооксигеназной активностью. Исследованы биокаталитические свойства некоторых штаммов метаноотрофов (микроорганизмов, утилизирующих метан в качестве ростового субстрата) в реакциях селективного окисления метана и пропилена. Показано, что в процессе окислительной биотрансформации этих углеводородов при соответствующих условиях и температурах, близких к комнатной, образуются метанол и эпоксид пропилена со 100%-ной селективностью.

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Kovalenko, G.A., Sokolovskii, V.D. A novel approach to selective oxidation of gaseous hydrocarbons. React Kinet Catal Lett 48, 447–453 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02162693

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