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Over the nonpolar Cu₂0(111) surface, lattice oxygen insertion occurs at 300 K and 1 atm. with the formation of the σ-bonded allyl intermediate. Once formed, this specie is stable in ultrahigh vacuum and produces acrolein during TDS via a reaction-limited process. A comparison of these data with studies of allyl alcohol decomposition over Cu₂O surfaces indicate that the σ-bonded intermediate is surface allyloxy (CH₂=CH-CH₂0-) which dehydrogenates to acrolein via hydride elimination on the carbon α to the oxygen. Thus, oxygen insertion precedes the final hydrogen abstraction in the partial oxidation pathway. Propene is also observed during allyl alcohol decomposition indicating that the transformation of the π-allyl to the σ-allyl (allyloxy) during propene oxidation is reversible. The structure sensitivity of the propene oxidation reaction is demonstrated by the lack of acrolein production from the Cu-terminated, Cu₂0(100) surface following 1 atm. propene exposures. 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A comparison of these data with studies of allyl alcohol decomposition over Cu₂O surfaces indicate that the σ-bonded intermediate is surface allyloxy (CH₂=CH-CH₂0-) which dehydrogenates to acrolein via hydride elimination on the carbon α to the oxygen. Thus, oxygen insertion precedes the final hydrogen abstraction in the partial oxidation pathway. Propene is also observed during allyl alcohol decomposition indicating that the transformation of the π-allyl to the σ-allyl (allyloxy) during propene oxidation is reversible. The structure sensitivity of the propene oxidation reaction is demonstrated by the lack of acrolein production from the Cu-terminated, Cu₂0(100) surface following 1 atm. propene exposures. The origin of the structure sensitivity is related to the absence of coordinately-unsaturated lattice oxygen anions on the (100) surface.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Schulz, Kirk H."],"institution":"Virginia Tech","degree_name":"Ph. 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