V. M. Mamaev, I. P. Gloriozov, S. Ya. Ishchenko, V. V. Simonyan, E. M. Myshakin, A. V. Prisyajnuk, Yu. A. Ustynyuk, “Tunneling in the Oxidative Addition Reaction of Methane to a Bare Palladium Atom”, Mendeleev Commun., 1995, Volume 5, Issue 4,Pages <nobr>137

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Tunneling in the Oxidative Addition Reaction of Methane to a Bare Palladium Atom

V. M. Mamaev^a, I. P. Gloriozov^a, S. Ya. Ishchenko^a, V. V. Simonyan^a, E. M. Myshakin^a, A. V. Prisyajnuk^b, Yu. A. Ustynyuk^a

^a Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation
^b Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russian Federation

Abstract: Quantum rate constant evaluations and kinetic isotope effects for the oxidative addition of CH₄ (and CD₄) to a bare Pd atom, calculated in terms of the Reaction Path Hamiltonian approximation, show quantum tunneling to play a very important role in the process when T < 200 K.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1070/MC1995v005n04ABEH000494