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XPS, temperature-programmed reaction and HREELS have been used to study the adsorption and reactions of acetic acid on Pd{111}. At 170 K the adsorbed monolayer contains intact and dissociated acetic acid molecules, the latter consisting of a mixture of bidentate acetate and another species tentatively identified as monodentate acetate. The monodentate acetate appears to resemble closely the acetate species observed under reaction conditions at the surface of a pure palladium vinyl acetate synthesis catalyst. Thermal decomposition of the adsorbate yields CO2, H2O, CO, H2 and carbon. The associated processes may be rationalised in terms of two reaction channels, one due to the monodentate and the other due to the bidentate acetate.
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Haley, R.D., Tikhov, M.S. & Lambert, R.M. The Surface Chemistry of Acetic Acid on Pd{111}. Catalysis Letters 76, 125–130 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012330230543
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