title: Methyl tunnelling of adsorbed methoxy on alumina catalysts.
abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate whether the methyl group of the adsorbed methoxy intermediate on industrial grade alumina catalysts undergoes rotational tunnelling on the wavenumber energy scale. The data show that this is clearly the case for a fraction of the methyl groups and potentially allows the subtle intermolecular interactions between adsorbed species and catalyst to be probed through the exponential dependence of the tunnel frequency on the rotational potential.
authors.affiliation: ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, UK. stewart.parker@stfc.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Stewart F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Victoria García
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lennon
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Mark R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Upali A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Jayasooriya