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Chemistry on Single Atoms: Spontaneous Hydrogen Production from Reactions of Transition‐Metal Atoms with Methanol at Cryogenic Temperatures
Author(s) -
Wang Guanjun,
Su Jing,
Gong Yu,
Zhou Mingfei,
Li Jun
Publication year - 2010
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.200906473
Subject(s) - methanol , methoxide , chemistry , hydrogen , argon , transition metal , ground state , metal , photochemistry , inorganic chemistry , catalysis , atomic physics , organic chemistry , physics
Implications for methanol fuel cells : In reactions of ground‐state early‐transition‐metal atoms with methanol in an argon matrix, dihydrogen and methoxide salts M(OMe) 2 (M=Sc, Ti, V, Nb) form through spontaneous replacement reactions. This work demonstrates that hydrogen can be directly produced from the reactions of ground‐state metal atoms with methanol even at cryogenic temperatures.