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Tantalum‐Mediated Coupling of Methane and Carbon Dioxide in the Gas Phase
Author(s) -
Wesendrup Ralf,
Schwarz Helmut
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.199520331
Subject(s) - methane , carbon dioxide , ketene , chemistry , tantalum , cationic polymerization , phase (matter) , mass spectrometry , gas phase , coupling (piping) , inorganic chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , medicinal chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , chromatography , metallurgy
The simultaneous activation of CO 2 and CH 4 by Ta + ions in the gas phase was studied by means of FT‐ICR mass spectrometry. The cationic oxides TaO + and TaO + 2can be obtained by reduction of CO 2 , but they are inert toward CH 4 . In contrast, the coupling of CO 2 and CH 4 is achieved by the complex [TaCH 2 O] + and yields TaO + 2and C 2 H 2 O, which is probably a ketene.