Article
Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization Studies of PtCH2 and H-Pt-CH3: A Potential Energy Surface for the Pt + CH4 Reaction
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
(2013)
Abstract
Does Charge Matter? Direct vacuum UV measurement of ionization energies reveals that C–H insertion by Pt to form H-Pt-CH3 is highly exoergic, while production of PtCH2+H2 is slightly endoergic. Experiments and spin-orbit DFT calculations reveal surprisingly similar energetics for dehydrogenation of methane by neutral and cationic platinum. Red lines in the picture indicate experimentally determined energies.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2013
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The copyright of this article is owned by Wiley VCH (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201207931).
Citation Information
Manori Perera, Ricardo B. Metz, Oleg Kostko and Musahid Ahmed. "Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization Studies of PtCH2 and H-Pt-CH3: A Potential Energy Surface for the Pt + CH4 Reaction" Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 52 (2013) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/manori_perera/3/