title: Non-oxidative coupling reaction of methane to ethane and hydrogen catalyzed by the silica-supported tantalum hydride: ([triple bond]SiO)2Ta-H.
abstract: Silica-supported tantalum hydride, (SiO)2Ta-H (1), proves to be the first single-site catalyst for the direct non-oxidative coupling transformation of methane into ethane and hydrogen at moderate temperatures, with a high selectivity (>98%). The reaction likely involves the tantalum-methyl-methylidene species as a key intermediate, where the methyl ligand can migrate onto the tantalum-methylidene affording the tantalum-ethyl.
authors: Laboratoire de Chimie Organométallique de Surface, UMR CNRS, ESCPE UCB 5265, 43 blvd du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69616 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors: Daravong
authors: D
authors: Soulivong
authors: Sébastien
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authors: Norsic
authors: Mostafa
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authors: Taoufik
authors: Christophe
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authors: Copéret
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authors: Thivolle-Cazat
authors: Sudhakar
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authors: Chakka
authors: Jean-Marie
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