Methyl tunnelling of adsorbed methoxy on alumina catalysts

Parker, S. F., García Sakai, V., Lennon, D. , Jackson, A., Johnson, M. R. and Jayasooriya, U. A. (2016) Methyl tunnelling of adsorbed methoxy on alumina catalysts. Chemical Communications, 52(2), pp. 366-369. (doi: 10.1039/C5CC08223D)

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.

• Item Type: Articles
• Additional Information: This work was funded by EP/K014714/1 led by UCL.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Lennon, Professor David
• Authors: Parker, S. F., García Sakai, V., Lennon, D., Jackson, A., Johnson, M. R., and Jayasooriya, U. A.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Chemistry
• Journal Name: Chemical Communications
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• ISSN: 1359-7345
• ISSN (Online): 1364-548X
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2015 The Royal Society of Chemistry
• First Published: First published in Chemical Communications 52(2):366-369
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher