Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9577634 Chemical Physics Letters 2005 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
The ground state rhodium atoms react with methane in solid argon to form the insertion product HRhCH3 spontaneously upon annealing. The HRhCH3 molecule is characterized by Rh-H stretching and CH3 deformation vibrations at 2035.1 and 1180.3 cm−1. The observation of direct insertion is in good agreement with previous theoretical predictions that the neutral rhodium atom has a low barrier for activating the C-H bond of methane.
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