Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 23, p. 2774
DOI: 10.1039/b408745c
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Fast X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy reveals efficient C-Cl activation of 1,1,1-trichloroethane occurs over platinum surfaces at 150 K, and in the presence of hydrogen, sustained ambient temperature dehydrochlorination to HCl and ethane is possible over supported Pt/Al2O3 catalysts.