Pool view preferred: In agreement with recent theoretical work, a new line of experimental evidence was obtained in support of the controversial claim that direct mechanisms do not couple methanol to ethylene in the catalyzed methanol‐to‐olefin process. The results preclude carbene routes and oxonium ylide mechanisms, among others (see picture), in favor of the hydrocarbon pool mechanism.
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