Enhancement effects of methanol on the reactivity for methane partial oxidation in the gas phase reaction of CH4–O2–NO2

The partial oxidation of methane in the gas phase reaction of CH4–O2–NO2 was enhanced with the addition of a small amount of methanol; the selectivity of methanol at the same level of CH4 conversion was enhanced in the presence of methanol which showed this effect exclusively in the presence of NO2.