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Thermal Activation of Methane by Group 10 Metal Hydrides MH + : The Same and Not the Same
Author(s) -
Schlangen Maria,
Schwarz Helmut
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200605145
Subject(s) - methane , metal , group (periodic table) , chemistry , ligand (biochemistry) , thermal , activation energy , inorganic chemistry , materials science , physics , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , biochemistry , receptor
Small electronic changes matter! All three Group 10 metal hydrides MH + (M=Ni, Pd, Pt) bring about thermal CH bond activation of methane, but for each system the potential energy surfaces and thus the mechanisms of the ligand exchange MH + + CH 4 →M(CH 3 ) + + H 2 differ.