O-Th-Seg-4 C-O Activation and C-C Bond Formation in Synthesis Gas Conversion

Thursday, June 6, 2013: 9:20 AM
Segell (Galt House Hotel)
Brett Loveless1, David Hibbitts1, Corneliu Buda2, Thomas Lawlor2, Matthew Neurock2 and Enrique Iglesia1,3, (1)University of California Berkeley, USA, (2)University of Virginia, USA, (3)Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA.
Measured rates and selectivities were combined with DFT calculations in order to elucidate the mechanism of CO activation as well C-C bond formation during Fischer-Tropsch synthesis on Ru catalysts. Results showed that CO activation proceeds with the assistance of chemisorbed H* instead of direct dissociation at a vicinal vacant site.

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