Coadsorption of hydrogen and ethylene, and carbon monoxide and ethylene on the Ru(001) surface

Journal Article · Tue Nov 11 23:00:00 EST 1986 · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00283a014· OSTI ID:7252339

Hills, M M; Parmeter, J E; Weinberg, W H

A detailed investigation of the coadsorption of ethylene with both preadsorbed hydrogen and preadsorbed carbon monoxide on the Ru(001) surface is reported here. Both preadsorbed hydrogen and carbon monoxide reduce the saturation coverage of subsequently chemisorbed ethylene. The coadsorption of hydrogen with ethylene results in detectable hydrogenation of ethylene to ethane below 250 K, whereas no self-hydrogenation of ethylene to ethane is observed. High-resolution electron energy loss spectra show that ethylene coadsorbed with either hydrogen or carbon monoxide decomposes to ethylidyne (CCH/sub 3/) and acetylide (CCH), as it does on the clean surface. Carbon monoxide preadsorption enhances the stability of the ethylidyne such that it decomposes at approximately 420 K, rather than 355 K as on the initially clean Ru(001) surface. Preadsorbed carbon monoxide also reduces the ratio of ethylidyne to acetylide that is formed from ethylene, compared to the ratio observed from an equivalent coverage of ethylene on the clean surface; hydrogen preadsorption, on the other hand, increases this ratio.

• Research Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
• OSTI ID: 7252339
• Journal Information: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 108:23; ISSN JACSA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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CARBON MONOXIDE
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CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DATA
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NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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