INVESTIGADORES
WILLIAMS Federico Jose
artículos
Título:
Copper is highly effective for the epoxidation of a difficult alkene whereas silver is not
Autor/es:
WILLIAMS, F J; CROPLEY, R L; VAUGHAN, O P H; URQUHART, A J; TIKHOV, M S; LAMBERT, R M
Revista:
SURFACE SCIENCE
Editorial:
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Referencias:
Año: 2005 vol. 578 p. 85 - 88
ISSN:
0039-6028
Resumen:
trans-Methyl styrene, an alkene that contains readily abstractable allylic H atoms, adsorbs with very similar confor- mations on oxygenated single crystal surfaces of Cu and Ag. Strikingly, however, subsequent reaction on silver leads merely to combustion of the organic molecule, whereas copper is extremely effective in catalyzing the epoxidation of this difficult alkene.
