Electronic spectroscopy of gold methylene(+) and intermediates involved in the conversion of methane to methanol by iron oxide(+)

The conversion of a cheap and plentiful starting material such as natural gas into valuable products or starting materials for another industrial process (e.g. polymerization) is one of today's most tantalizing catalytic challenges. In the gas phase, FeO+ has met this challenge by directly conv...

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Main Author: Aguirre, Fernando
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2002
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3039333