Why copper is intrinsically more selective than silver in alkene epoxidation: Ethylene oxidation on Cu(111) versus Ag(111)

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 10774-10775

  Torres, Daniel ^a   Lopez, Nuria ^a   Illas, Francesc ^a   Lambert, Richard M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; COPPER; ETHYLENE; SILVER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; EPOXIDATION; OXIDATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 23744500858     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja043227t     Document Type: Article

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