Activation of methane by oligomeric (Al2O3) x+ (x=3,4,5): The role of oxygen-centered radicals in thermal hydrogen-atom abstraction

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1946-1950

  Feyel, Sandra ^b   Döbler, Jens ^a   Höckendorf, Robert ^b,c   Beyer, Martin K ^b,c   Sauer, Joachim ^a   Schwarz, Helmut ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; C H activation; Density functional calculations; Mass spectrometry; Methane

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ALUMINA; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; METHANE;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; C-H ACTIVATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 53549113332     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200704791     Document Type: Article

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