DOI: 10.1039/d6cp01899h ISSN: 1463-9076
Activation of methane by the tantalum trioxide anion, TaO 3 −
Tatsuya Chiba, Turbasu Sengupta, Shiying Wang, Martin Tschurl, Ulrich Heiz, Shiv N. Khanna, Kit H. BowenAnion photoelectron spectroscopy and DFT calculations provided the first spectroscopic evidence of C–H bond activation by tantalum oxide anions. The geometrical structures of tantalum trioxide anion–methane activation complexes were determined.