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. 2020 Nov 10;60(3):1244–1253. doi: 10.1002/anie.202010035

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Due to chirality, mucic acid can only bind with two hydroxyl groups in contact with the catalyst structure (a). Methanol molecule (b) is a better hydrogen donor than H* on Re(0001); c) Gibbs free energy surface for methanol decomposition on Re(0001) at 120 °C from DFT calculations.