TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The acidic catalyst is selected from hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, trifluoroacetic acid, toluene sulfonic acid, acidic alumina, silica-alumina, sulfated zirconia and/or acidic ion exchange resins. The basic catalyst is selected from sodium hydroxide, lithium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide and hydrotalcite. The transition metal components are at least two metals selected from manganese, silver, cobalt, mercury, palladium, lead, platinum, iron, molybdenum, copper, and vanadium. The transition metal component is present as the metal oxides, metal salts and/or organometallic compounds. The transition metal component is selected from magania, manganese tetroxide, manganese dioxide, potassium permanganate, manganese phosphate, water, Na2Mn2P2O9H2O, KM8O16, Mn(II) trifluoroacetate, Mn(II) acetate, Mn(III) acetate, cobalt trioxide, Co(II) acetate, silver oxide, Ag(I) trifluoroacetate, ferric oxide and/or (FeMn)PO4. The inorganic oxide is selected from aluminas, silica, silica-alumina, molecular sieves, ceria, zirconia, titania, magnesium oxide, lanthanum oxide and/or aluminum phosphate. The solvent is selected from super critical carbon dioxide, sulfuric acid and sulfur trioxide. The oxidizing agent is air. The oxidizing agent is oxygen blended with an inert diluent selected from nitrogen, argon and/or helium.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Process: The process further involves carrying out the hydrolysis in the presence of a catalyst selected from acidic catalyst and basic catalyst. The process is a batch process; and a continuous process. In the process, the oxidation condition includes a temperature of 80-200 degrees C, a pressure of 103-6867 kPa, a contact time of 1 minutes to 24 hours, and oxidizing agent concentration of 0.1-50 mol.%. The hydrolysis condition includes a temperature of 20-200 degrees C, a pressure of 103-1030 kPa, and at least a stoichiometric amount of water. The transition metal component is deposited onto an inorganic oxide support. The oxidizing agent is intermittently added. Preferred Components: The solvent is selected from trifluoroacetic acid, trifluoroacetic anhydride, pentafluoropropionic acid, acetic acid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid and/or methanesulfonic acid. EXAMPLE - Trifluoroacetic acid (10 ml), magania (300 mg), and Cu(II) trifluoroacetate (20 mg) were added to the reactor. The reactor was assembled and pressurized first with methane to 4238 kPa and if oxygen was added, then the reactor was further pressurized with 2758 kPa of oxygen in nitrogen. The reactor was heated to 140 degrees C for 3 hours to obtain a methanol (2.29%).