title: Dehydrogenation of benzene on liquid Al100(+).
abstract: The reactions of benzene on Al100(+) have been investigated as a function of cluster temperature (300-1100 K) and relative kinetic energy (1-14 eV) by low-energy ion-beam methods and mass spectrometry. Benzene chemisorbs on both solid and liquid aluminum clusters to generate Al100C6D6(+). A series of Al(100-n)(+) (n = 1, 2, 3, ...) products was also observed. As the cluster temperature was raised above the melting temperature of Al100(+), the Al100C6D6(+) product dehydrogenates to form Al100C6D4(+), Al100C6D2(+), and Al100C6(+). The degree of dehydrogenation was measured as a function of temperature. Very little Al100C6D2(+) was observed, suggesting that the losses of the second and third D2 molecules are coordinated.
authors: Chemistry Department, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States.
authors: Katheryne L
authors: KL
authors: Leslie
authors: Martin F
authors: MF
authors: Jarrold