The Homologation of Methane

Every cloud has a silvery lining, and there is one possibly useful way of employing the process whereby methane after dissociation at a metal surface enters a C—C bond-forming reaction. Although methane is abundantly available, it is of 

The amount of methane chemisorbed may be estimated by the amount of hydrogen released, or better by TPO of the retained carbon . Chemisorption at high temperature leads to several distinguishable forms of carbon that differ in reactivity, but the composition of mono-carbon species CH formed at lower temperatures (573-723 K) can be assessed by the composition of deuteromethanes 

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