Unravelling Reaction Products of Styrene Oxide Adsorbed on Ag(111) Using REMPI-Assisted Temperature-Programmed Desorption
Author(s) -
G. P. Westphal,
Mareike Wallrabe,
Tim Schäfer
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of physical chemistry c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 289
eISSN - 1932-7455
pISSN - 1932-7447
DOI - 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10358
Subject(s) - desorption , phenylacetaldehyde , mass spectrometry , adsorption , styrene , styrene oxide , epoxide , chemistry , oxide , thermal desorption spectroscopy , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis , polymer , chromatography , copolymer
Adsorption of styrene oxide on Ag(111) at 200 K leads to the formation of a stable oxametallacycle by ring opening of the epoxide. At elevated temperatures, the oxametallacycle reacts and the products desorb from the surface. We employ resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (REMPI-ToF-MS) to identify reaction products after desorption. We assign phenylacetaldehyde as the only product that desorbs at temperatures around 485 K.
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