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Alkane Activation at Ambient Temperatures: Unusual Selectivities, CC, CH Bond Scission versus CC Bond Coupling
Author(s) -
Trionfetti Cristiano,
Ağıral Anıl,
Gardeniers Han J. G. E.,
Lefferts Leon,
Seshan Kulathuiyer
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200700757
Subject(s) - chemistry , bond cleavage , alkane , microreactor , hydrocarbon , photochemistry , organic chemistry , catalysis
Activating bonds: A cold plasma generated by dielectric barrier discharge in a microreactor converts alkanes (C 1 –C 3 ) at atmospheric pressure (see figure). Large amounts of products with higher molecular weight than the starting hydrocarbons are observed showing that CH activation at lower T favourably leads to CC bond formation.