Fig. 5.
Fraction of 13C in hydrocarbon products in the reaction of MeOH cofed with H13CHO. a MeOH cofed with 5 C% H13CHO, MeOH conversion 75%. b MeOH cofed with 1-butene and 2 C% H13CHO; MeOH conversion 100%, butene decreased from 57% in the feedstock to 24% in the gas products. C2=, C3=, C4= and C5= refer to ethene, propene, butene and pentene, respectively; C4== and C5== refer to butadiene and pentadiene respectively. Reaction conditions: a W/F 1.82 h·g(cat)·mol(MeOH+HCHO)−1, MeOH 171 mbar, H13CHO 9 mbar, H2O 60 mbar, 475 °C; b W/F 1.30 h·g(cat)·mol(MeOH+HCHO)−1, MeOH 171 mbar, H13CHO 9 mbar, H2O 60 mbar, 1-butene 60 mbar, 475 °C. See Supplementary Methods 1 and 2 for the determination of 13C fraction