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Yuan B, Tang S, Zhou S. Striking Size and Doping Effects of Ti−Si−O Clusters on Methane Conversion Reactions. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202201136. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202201136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Bowei Yuan
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou (P. R. China) Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North 324000 Quzhou P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Safety and Control for Chemicals SINOPEC Research Institute of Safety Engineering Co. Ltd. Qingdao 266000 (P. R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou (P. R. China) Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North 324000 Quzhou P. R. China
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Yang Y, Zhao Y, He S. Conversion of CH
4
Catalyzed by Gas Phase Ions Containing Metals. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200062. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yuan Yang
- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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Eckhard JF, Masubuchi T, Tschurl M, Barnett RN, Landman U, Heiz U. Room-Temperature Methane Activation Mediated by Free Tantalum Cluster Cations: Size-by-Size Reactivity. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:5289-5302. [PMID: 34128681 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c02384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
The energetics of small cationic tantalum clusters and their gas-phase adsorption and dehydrogenation reaction pathways with methane are investigated with ion-trap experiments and spin-density-functional-theory calculations. Tan+ clusters are exposed to methane under multicollision conditions in a cryogenic ring electrode ion-trap. The cluster size affects the reaction efficiency and the number of consecutively dehydrogenated methane molecules. Small clusters (n = 1-4) dehydrogenate CH4 and concurrently eliminate H2, while larger clusters (n > 4) demonstrate only molecular adsorption of methane. Unique behavior is found for the Ta+ cation, which dehydrogenates consecutively up to four CH4 molecules and is predicted theoretically to promote formation of a [Ta(CH2-CH2-CH2)(CH2)]+ product, exhibiting C-C coupled groups. Underlying mechanisms, including reaction-enhancing couplings between potential energy surfaces of different spin-multiplicities, are uncovered.
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- Jan F Eckhard
- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Chemistry Department & Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Chemistry Department & Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Chemistry Department & Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0430, United States
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- School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0430, United States
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- Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Chemistry Department & Catalysis Research Center, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Yu M, Ruan J, Qian C, Chen X, Ge X, Zhou S. On the Electronic Origins of the Different Behaviors of S
+
and S
2
+/2+
in Methane Activation. ChemistrySelect 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202002907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Mincheng Yu
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North 324000 Quzhou P.R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North 324000 Quzhou P.R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North 324000 Quzhou P.R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North 324000 Quzhou P.R. China
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- School of Chemical and Material Engineering Jiangnan University Wuxi P.R China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology Zhejiang University 310027 Hangzhou P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou 78 Jiuhua Boulevard North 324000 Quzhou P.R. China
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Zhu B, Ehara M, Sakaki S. Propene oxidation catalysis and electronic structure of M 55 particles (M = Pd or Rh): differences and similarities between Pd 55 and Rh 55. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11783-11796. [PMID: 32215421 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00169d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Propene oxidation is one of the important reactions that occurs in the presence of a three-way catalyst but its reaction mechanism is unclear. The reaction mechanisms and differences in catalysis between Pd and Rh particles were investigated by DFT calculations employing Pd55 and Rh55 as the model catalysts. The O-attack mechanism, in which the O atom adsorbed on the Pd55 and Rh55 surfaces attacks the C[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bond of propene, needs to overcome a large activation barrier (Ea). On the other hand, C-H bond cleavage of the methyl group of propene easily occurs with moderate Ea; the mechanism initiated by this C-H activation is named H-transfer mechanism. In this mechanism, the next step is allyl alcohol formation, followed by the second C-H bond activation of the CH2OH species of allyl alcohol, and the final step is proton transfer from OH-substituted π-allyl species to the OH group on the metal surface to yield acrolein and water molecules with the regeneration of M55. The rate-determining step is the second C-H bond activation. Its Ea is 17.4 kcal mol-1 for the reaction on Pd55 and 34.4 kcal mol-1 for the reaction on Rh55. These results indicate that Pd particles are more active than Rh particles in propene oxidation, which agrees with the experimental findings. The larger Ea for Rh55 than that for Pd55 arises from the stronger Rh-OH bond than the Pd-OH bond. The higher energy d-valence band-top of Rh55 than that of Pd55 is the origin of the stronger Rh-OH bond than the Pd-OH bond. Thus, the d-valence band-top energy is an important property for understanding and designing catalysts for alkene oxidation.
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- Bo Zhu
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, 1-30 Goryo-Ohara, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan.
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Zhou S, Sun X, Yue L, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Tuning the Reactivities of the Heteronuclear [Al
n
V3−n
O7−n
]+
(n=
1, 2) Cluster Oxides towards Methane by Varying the Composition of the Metal Centers. Chemistry 2019; 25:2967-2971. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shaodong Zhou
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology; College of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Zhejiang University; 310027 Hangzhou P. R. China
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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Calvo B, Braun T, Kemnitz E. Hydrogen/Deuterium-Exchange Reactions of Methane with Aromatics and Cyclohexane Catalyzed by a Nanoscopic Aluminum Chlorofluoride. ChemCatChem 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201701327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Beatriz Calvo
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Book-Taylor-Straße2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Book-Taylor-Straße2 12489 Berlin Germany
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- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; Book-Taylor-Straße2 12489 Berlin Germany
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Schwarz H, Shaik S, Li J. Electronic Effects on Room-Temperature, Gas-Phase C-H Bond Activations by Cluster Oxides and Metal Carbides: The Methane Challenge. J Am Chem Soc 2017; 139:17201-17212. [PMID: 29112810 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b10139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
This Perspective discusses a story of one molecule (methane), a few metal-oxide cationic clusters (MOCCs), dopants, metal-carbide cations, oriented-electric fields (OEFs), and a dizzying mechanistic landscape of methane activation! One mechanism is hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), which occurs whenever the MOCC possesses a localized oxyl radical (M-O•). Whenever the radical is delocalized, e.g., in [MgO]n•+ the HAT barrier increases due to the penalty of radical localization. Adding a dopant (Ga2O3) to [MgO]2•+ localizes the radical and HAT transpires. Whenever the radical is located on the metal centers as in [Al2O2]•+ the mechanism crosses over to proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET), wherein the positive Al center acts as a Lewis acid that coordinates the methane molecule, while one of the bridging oxygen atoms abstracts a proton, and the negatively charged CH3 moiety relocates to the metal fragment. We provide a diagnostic plot of barriers vs reactants' distortion energies, which allows the chemist to distinguish HAT from PCET. Thus, doping of [MgO]2•+ by Al2O3 enables HAT and PCET to compete. Similarly, [ZnO]•+ activates methane by PCET generating many products. Adding a CH3CN ligand to form [(CH3CN)ZnO]•+ leads to a single HAT product. The CH3CN dipole acts as an OEF that switches off PCET. [MC]+ cations (M = Au, Cu) act by different mechanisms, dictated by the M+-C bond covalence. For example, Cu+, which bonds the carbon atom mostly electrostatically, performs coupling of C to methane to yield ethylene, in a single almost barrier-free step, with an unprecedented atomic choreography catalyzed by the OEF of Cu+.
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- Helmut Schwarz
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin , Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin , Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany.,Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun 130023, P.R. China
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Zhou S, Yue L, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Electronic Origin of the Competitive Mechanisms in the Thermal Activation of Methane by the Heteronuclear Cluster Oxide [Al 2 ZnO 4 ] .. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:14297-14300. [PMID: 28570779 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201704979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
The thermal gas-phase reactions of [Al2 ZnO4 ].+ with methane have been explored by using FT-ICR mass spectrometry complemented by high-level quantum chemical calculations. Two competitive mechanisms, that is, hydrogen-atom transfer (HAT) and proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) are operative. Interestingly, while the HAT process is influenced by the polarity of the transition structure, both the ionic nature of the metal-oxygen bond and the structural rigidity of the cluster oxide affect the PCET pathway. As compared to the previously reported homonuclear [Al2 O3 ].+ and [ZnO].+ , the heteronuclear oxide [Al2 ZnO4 ].+ exhibits a much higher chemoselectivity towards methane. The electronic origins of the doping effect have been explored.
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- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Zhou S, Yue L, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Elektronische Ursache konkurrierender Mechanismen bei der thermischen Aktivierung von Methan durch das heteronukleare Clusteroxid [Al2
ZnO4
].+. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201704979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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Sun X, Zhou S, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Thermal Methane Activation by the Metal-Free Cluster Cation [Si 2 O 4 ] .. Chemistry 2017; 23:1498-1501. [PMID: 27943447 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201605496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
The thermal reaction of methane with the metal-free cluster cation [Si2 O4 ].+ has been examined by using Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) mass spectrometry. In addition to generating a methyl radical via hydrogen-atom abstraction, [Si2 O4 ].+ can selectively oxidize methane to formaldehyde. The mechanisms of these rather efficient reactions have been elucidated by high-level quantum-chemical calculations.
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- Xiaoyan Sun
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Zhou S, Li J, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Ursachen der unterschiedlichen Reaktivität von [AlCeO
x
]
+
(
x=
2
–
4) gegenüber Methan in Abhängigkeit vom Sauerstoffgehalt. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201610424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry Jilin University Changchun 130023 VR China
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- Institut für Chemie Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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Zhou S, Li J, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. On the Origin of the Remarkably Variable Reactivities of [AlCeO
x
]+
(x=
2-
4) towards Methane as a Function of Oxygen Content. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 56:413-416. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 P.R. China
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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