title: Efficient and selective gas-phase monomethylation versus N-H bond activation of ammonia by "bare" Zn(CH3)+: atomic zinc as a leaving group in an SN2 reaction.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kretschmer
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlangen
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schwarz
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry; D000641:Ammonia / Q000737:chemistry*; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D008745:Methylation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013816:Thermodynamics; D015032:Zinc / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D002244:Carbon; D000641:Ammonia; D006859:Hydrogen; D015032:Zinc