Abstract
An ab initio quantum chem. investigation of the elementary steps of catalytic isobutane cracking is presented. A reasonable agreement between exptl. and theor. activation energies is found. The results demonstrate that the adsorbed carbenium and carbonium ions represent not the existing reaction intermediates, but the high-energy transition states of the corresponding elementary reactions. This results in much higher activation energies than for the similar reactions in homogeneous superacid solns
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 225-247 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Applied Catalysis. A, General |
| Volume | 146 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1996 |