Gas phase hydrolysis of formaldehyde to form methanediol: Impact of formic acid catalysis

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 11704-11710

  Hazra, Montu K ^a   Francisco, Joseph S ^b   Sinha, Amitabha ^c  

^a SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (India)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID-CATALYZED PATHWAYS; ATMOSPHERIC CARBONYL COMPOUNDS; BARRIER HEIGHTS; EFFECTIVE BARRIER HEIGHTS; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; RATE-LIMITING STEPS; TRANSITION STATE; ZERO-POINT VIBRATIONAL ENERGIES;

CARBONYLATION; CATALYSIS; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID; GASES;

HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84888605257     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp4008043     Document Type: Article

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