Competition between carbon-oxygen and 1-carbon-hydrogen bond scission during deoxygenation: the reactions of 1-propanol on molybdenum(110)

The reactions of 1-propanol on Mo(110) were investigated using temperature programmed reaction and high resolution electron energy loss and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopies. 1-Propanol forms 1-propoxide upon adsorption on Mo(110) at 120 K. An intensity analysis of the vibrational data indicates that the C-O bond vector is nearly perpendicular to the surface. Vibrational data also suggest that the C-O bond is weakened in 1-propoxide relative to 1-propanol