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A Gas-Phase Model for the Pt+-Catalyzed Coupling of Methane and Ammonia |
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| Authors: | Massimiliano Aschi,Mark Brö nstrup,Martin Diefenbach,Jeremy N. Harvey,Detlef Schrö der,Helmut Schwarz |
| Abstract: | What exactly are the elementary steps in the Pt-catalyzed coupling of methane and ammonia (Degussa process) shown on the right? Mass spectrometry and ab initio theory have been used to probe the mechanistic details of this technically important synthesis of hydrogen cyanide. |
| Keywords: | Ammonia Gas-phase chemistry Hydrogen cyanide Methane Platinum |