School of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, 150080 Harbin, China ...

Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN), CNRS UPR 2301, Université Paris-Saclay, 1 Avenue de La Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France ...

Monomeric, dimeric, and/or clusters of molybdenum oxide or tungsten oxide are proposed precatalyst structures. This precatalyst is activated under reaction conditions, to form (oxy)carbidic species ...