Low-Temperature Hydrogenolysis of Alkanes Catalyzed by a Silica-Supported Tantalum Hydride Complex, and Evidence for a Mechanistic Switch from Group IV to Group V Metal Surface Hydride Complexes We are grateful to Dr. L. Lefort, Dr. O. Maury (LCOMS), Dr. C. Meric de Bellefon, and Dr. D. Schweich from the laboratory LGPC (ESCPE Lyon) for fruitful discussions. We wish to thank the CNRS, and the ESCPE-Lyon for financial support. M.C. is also grateful to the French Ministry for Education, Research, and Technology (MENRT) for a predoctoral fellowship
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2000 Jun 2;39(11):1962-1965.
doi: 10.1002/1521-3773(20000602)39:11<1962::aid-anie1962>3.0.co;2-1.