A Gas-Phase Model for the Pt+ -Catalyzed Coupling of Methane and Ammonia

Massimiliano Aschi; Mark Brönstrup; Martin Diefenbach; Jeremy N Harvey; Detlef Schröder; Helmut Schwarz

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980403)37:6<829::AID-ANIE829>3.0.CO;2-N

A Gas-Phase Model for the Pt⁺ -Catalyzed Coupling of Methane and Ammonia

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 Apr 3;37(6):829-832. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980403)37:6<829::AID-ANIE829>3.0.CO;2-N.

Authors

Massimiliano Aschi¹, Mark Brönstrup¹, Martin Diefenbach¹, Jeremy N Harvey¹, Detlef Schröder¹, Helmut Schwarz¹

Affiliation

¹ Institut für Organische Chemie der Technischen Universität, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, D-10623 Berlin (Germany), Fax: (+49) 30-314-21102.

PMID: 29711389
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980403)37:6<829::AID-ANIE829>3.0.CO;2-N

Abstract

What exactly are the elementary steps in the Pt-catalyzed coupling of methane and ammonia (Degussa process) shown on the right? Mass spectrometry and ab initio theory have been used to probe the mechanistic details of this technically important synthesis of hydrogen cyanide.

Keywords: Ammonia; Gas-phase chemistry; Hydrogen cyanide; Methane; Platinum.