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Partial oxidation of unsaturated hydrocarbons over Pd(111): Oxygen scavenging of reactive intermediates and the formation of furan from C2H2 and C4H4

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Furan is formed by selective oxidation of both C2H2 and C4H4 over Pd(111). In the former case, oxygen scavenging of reactively formed C4H4 directly demonstrates that this species is the key intermediate in acetylene cyclotrimerisation. In the latter case, overall selectivity towards furan formation can be as high as ∼ 80%.

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Ormerod, R.M., Lambert, R.M. Partial oxidation of unsaturated hydrocarbons over Pd(111): Oxygen scavenging of reactive intermediates and the formation of furan from C2H2 and C4H4 . Catal Lett 6, 121–129 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00764061

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