Copper is highly effective for the epoxidation of a "difficult" alkene, whereas silver is not

R.L. Cropley; F.J. Williams; O.P.H. Vaughan; Andrew Urquhart; M.S. Tikhov; R.M. Lambert

doi:10.1016/j.susc.2005.01.024

Copper is highly effective for the epoxidation of a "difficult" alkene, whereas silver is not

R.L. Cropley, F.J. Williams, O.P.H. Vaughan, Andrew Urquhart, M.S. Tikhov, R.M. Lambert

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Abstract

trans-Methyl styrene, an alkene that contains readily abstractable allylic H atoms, adsorbs with very similar conformations on oxygenated single crystal surfaces of Cu and Ag. Strikingly, however, subsequent reaction on silver leads merely to combustion of the organic molecule, whereas copper is extremely effective in catalyzing the epoxidation of this "difficult" alkene. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Journal	Surface Science
Volume	578
Issue number	1-3
Pages (from-to)	L85-L88
ISSN	0039-6028
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2005.01.024
Publication status	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Catalysis
Oxidation
Surface chemical reaction
Silver
Copper
Alkenes

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Cropley, R. L., Williams, F. J., Vaughan, O. P. H., Urquhart, A., Tikhov, M. S., & Lambert, R. M. (2005). Copper is highly effective for the epoxidation of a "difficult" alkene, whereas silver is not. Surface Science, 578(1-3), L85-L88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2005.01.024

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