Ring size and strain as a control of reaction selectivity: ethylene sulfide on Mo(110)

Journal Article · Wed Dec 09 04:00:00 EST 1987 · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00259a058· OSTI ID:6975111

Roberts, J T; Friend, C M

The adsorption and reaction of sulfur-containing organic on single-crystal transition-metal surfaces form a subject of current to the authors and others. The primary focus of their work is an investigation of how thermodynamic properties of adsorbate molecules affect the mechanism(s) by which they react. To this end, they have studied the reactions of two saturated cyclic sulfides-trimethylene sulfide (c-C/sub 3/H/sub 6/S) and tetrahydrothiophene (c-C/sub 4/H/sub 8/S)--on Mo(110). On the basis of these studies they proposed that ring strain in the cyclic sulfide controls reaction selectivity on Mo(110). This work concerns the reactions of a third cyclic sulfide, ethylene sulfide (c-C/sub 2/H/sub 4/S), on Mo(110). The results presented here demonstrate that ring size as well as ring strain determines the reaction selectivity of cyclic sulfides on Mo(110).

• Research Organization: Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-84ER13289
• OSTI ID: 6975111
• Journal Information: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 109:25; ISSN JACSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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ADSORPTION
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROCARBONS
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MASS SPECTROSCOPY
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MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
MOLYBDENUM
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SORPTION
SORPTIVE PROPERTIES
SPECTROSCOPY
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SURFACE PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
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