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Surface compounds and the routes of formation of the reaction products in the interaction of propylene with zinc oxide

Journal Article · · J. Catal.; (United States)
Temperature programed desorption of propylene and allyl bromide from zinc oxide in the absence and presence of oxygen and an IR spectroscopic study of the adsorbed allyl bromide showed that propylene chemisorbed reversibly as a m-allyl species which may undergo dimerization at higher pressures or temperatures but does not form acrolein because the necessary electron transfer does not proceed on the n-type zinc oxide; that propylene also forms carbon dioxide and water via carbonate/carboxylate intermediates; and that the allyl bromide, which forms cations on the zinc oxide surface, is oxidized to acrolein.
Research Organization:
Inst. Catal., Acad. Sci., U.S.S.R.
OSTI ID:
6634857
Journal Information:
J. Catal.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Catal.; (United States) Vol. 58:1; ISSN JCTLA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English