Issue 18, 1987

The role of surface O in the selective oxidation of methane

Abstract

For the title reaction O(s) is shown to have two distinct roles: at a low temperature O(s) acts via hydrogen abstraction to form ethane selectively and at high temperature it acts as a non-selective oxidant enhancing the formation of CO2 and H2O.

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 1388-1389

The role of surface O in the selective oxidation of methane

G. J. Hutchings, M. S. Scurrell and J. R. Woodhouse, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1987, 1388 DOI: 10.1039/C39870001388

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