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Ethylene Epoxidation Catalyzed by Silver Oxide
Author(s) -
Özbek M. Olus,
Önal Isik,
van Santen Rutger A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201000249
Subject(s) - catalysis , ethylene oxide , oxide , ethylene , oxygen , phase (matter) , chemistry , materials science , inorganic chemistry , photochemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , copolymer
How bizarre: There are two different reaction paths towards formation of ethylene oxide (EO); in addition to that via an oxometallacycle (OMC) intermediate, silver oxide‐catalyzed epoxidation of ethylene with surface oxygen, which can occur on an oxide phase as long as no oxygen vacancies are present, is possible. This path is established computationally, by using density functional theory.