Silica-supported tantalum clusters: catalyst for alkane conversion.
Silica-supported tantalum clusters (on average, approximately tritantalum) were formed by the treatment, in either H(2) or ethane, of adsorbed Ta(CH(2)Ph)(5); the supported catalyst is active for ethane conversion to methane and propane at 523 K, with the used catalyst containing clusters of the same average nuclearity as the precursor.
Nemana
Sailendra
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Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
Gates
Bruce C
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