Thermal methane activation by a binary V-Nb transition-metal oxide cluster cation: a further example for the crucial role of oxygen-centered radicals.
The heteronuclear transition-metal oxide cluster activates methane: VNbO5(+) reacts with CH4 under ambient conditions via hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT), thus providing an interesting prototype example of room-temperature methane activation by a binary transition-metal oxide cluster.
Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany. zhechenwang@gmail.com
Zhe-Chen
ZC
Wang
Jian-Wen
JW
Liu
Maria
M
Schlangen
Thomas
T
Weiske
Detlef
D
Schröder
Joachim
J
Sauer
Helmut
H
Schwarz
binary oxide cluster; density functional calculations; mass spectrometry; methane activation; radical ions