	US 11,814,342 B2
	Methane to methanol conversion
W. J. Frank Sim, Winnipeg (CA)
Assigned to Sediment Research & Minerals Ltd., Winnipeg (CA)
Filed by Sediment Research & Minerals Ltd., Winnipeg (CA)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,077.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,168, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306560 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. C07C 29/50 (2006.01); B01J 27/24 (2006.01); B01J 37/00 (2006.01); B01J 29/06 (2006.01); B01J 21/18 (2006.01)

CPC C07C 29/50 (2013.01) [B01J 21/18 (2013.01); B01J 27/24 (2013.01); B01J 29/06 (2013.01); B01J 37/0036 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method for converting methane into methanol using an oxidizing agent and a catalyst of single iron atoms embedded in graphene;

wherein the method is carried out at room temperature;

wherein the method is carried out at a pressure less than three bars;

and wherein the catalyst is Fe—N—C using Ti₃C₂T_xMXene as a support.