Claveau EE, Miliordos E. Quantum chemical calculations on NbO and its reaction with methane: ground and excited electronic states.
Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019;
21:26324-26332. [DOI:
10.1039/c9cp05408a]
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Abstract
Our high-level calculations show that high-spin NbO electronic states facilitate the methane to methanol transformation via a very efficient radical mechanism, as opposed to the [2+2] mechanism observed for the rest of the low-lying states.
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