Methanol is metabolized into the natural gas methane by many microbes living under Earth’s surface, but its source has been unclear. It emerges that some bacteria convert formate molecules into ...
which can absorb light and start the necessary chemical reaction. In the presence of water, CO2 can be converted into ...
More information: Wei Xiong et al, Active copper structures in ZnO–Cu interfacial catalysis: CO2 hydrogenation to methanol and reverse water–gas shift reactions, Science China Chemistry (2023).
When the alcohols with the shortest hydrocarbon chains, eg methanol, ethanol or propanol, are added to water, they mix easily to produce a solution. However, the solubility decreases as the length ...