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Back Cover: Diatomic [CuO] + and Its Role in the Spin‐Selective Hydrogen‐ and Oxygen‐Atom Transfers in the Thermal Activation of Methane (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 21/2011)
Author(s) -
Dietl Nicolas,
van der Linde Christian,
Schlangen Maria,
Beyer Martin K.,
Schwarz Helmut
Publication year - 2011
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.201102192
Subject(s) - methane , diatomic molecule , chemistry , hydrogen , reactivity (psychology) , oxygen , radical , cover (algebra) , spin (aerodynamics) , hydrogen atom , photochemistry , thermodynamics , group (periodic table) , physics , organic chemistry , molecule , medicine , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
The final puzzle piece of the first‐row transition‐metal oxides has been found. In their Communication on page 4966 ff., H. Schwarz et al. describe how more than ten years after its theoretical prediction to serve as a powerful methane→methanol converter, the bare [CuO] + cation has been successfully generated in the gas phase. The crucial role of two‐state reactivity and the importance of oxygen‐centered radicals for selectivity in the oxidation of methane have been revealed by a combination of mass spectrometry and DFT calculations.
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