He. Newell et al., The thermal chemistry of adsorbed ethyl on the Pt(111) surface: infrared evidence for an ethylidene intermediate in the ethyl to ethylidyne conversion, J CHEM S F, 94(24), 1998, pp. 3695-3698
Citations number
55
Categorie Soggetti
Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-FARADAY TRANSACTIONS
The reflection absorption infrared (RAIR) spectrum of the adsorbed ethyl (C
2H5) moiety produced by the dissociative adsorption of ethane from a supers
onic molecular beam onto Pt(111) at 150 K is reported. The thermal chemistr
y of the C2H5 fragment so produced was then followed using a combination of
RAIR spectroscopy and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). The RAIR sp
ectra indicate the presence of ethylidene (CHCH3) and ethylidyne (CCH3) at
250 and 350 K respectively. This implies the stepwise loss of one and two h
ydrogen atoms from the ethyl moiety during the heating process. Temperature
programmed desorption (TPD) measurements show that hydrogen desorption is
not accompanied by desorption of either saturated or unsaturated C-2 hydroc
arbons or methane into the gas phase.