Ps. Cremer et Ga. Somorjai, SURFACE SCIENCE AND CATALYSIS OF ETHYLENE HYDROGENATION, Journal of the Chemical Society. Faraday transactions, 91(20), 1995, pp. 3671-3677
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53
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Chemistry Physical","Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Surface science and catalysis have been combined over the last 15 year
s to study the hydrogenation of the simplest alkene, ethylene, over la
te-transition-metal catalysts. Ethylene hydrogenation has been used as
a model reaction because it yields only one product while permitting
molecular information to be gleaned on an important class of chemical
reactions. Enormous progress has been achieved in this field in recent
years by the application of reaction rate and surface spectroscopic s
tudies. The role of carbon-containing overlayers covering the surface
during reaction has been identified, intermediates present during reac
tion have been observed and detailed molecular mechanisms for this rea
ction can be proposed.