A treatment of the important aspects of physical chemistry on metal surfaces, including selective oxidation, desulfurization, cyclization, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, alkane activation and hydrogen dissociation dynamics. Case studies focus on on the chemistry of selected systems, rather than the techniques, to convey the excitement of recent developments.

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1. Introduction.- References.- 2. The Problem of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Partial Oxidation: Model Studies on Single Crystal Surfaces.- 2.1 Modes of Oxygen Chemisorption on Metal Surfaces.- 2.2 Reactions of Molecularly Chemisorbed Oxygen.- 2.3 Reactions of Atomically Chemisorbed Oxygen.- 2.3.1 Atomic Oxygen as a Nucleophile on Silver.- 2.3.2 Atomic Oxygen as a Bronsted Base on Silver.- 2.3.3 Addition of Atomic Oxygen to Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds on Silver.- 2.3.4 Generalization to Other Metals.- 2.4 Conclusion.- References.- 3. Desulfurization Reactions Induced by Transition Metal Surfaces.- 3.1 Background.- 3.2 The Reactions of Thiols on Transition-Metal Surfaces.- 3.2.1 Spectroscopic Identification and Characterization.- 3.2.2 Structural Studies of Adsorbed Intermediates.- 3.2.3 Chemical Probes of the Mechanism.- 3.2.4 Coverage Dependence of Reactivity.- 3.3 Desulfurization of Cyclic Sulfur-Containing Molecules.- 3.4 Conclusions.- References and Notes.- 4. Tricyclisation and Heterocyclisation Reactions of Ethyne over Well-Defined Palladium Surfaces.- 4.1 Background.- 4.2 Mechanistic Studies of Ethyne Tricyclisation.- 4.2.1 Molecular Beam Results, Temperature-Programmed Reaction and Isotope Labelling: Molecular Formula of the Reaction Intermediate.- 4.2.2 Characterisation of the C4H4 Intermediate.- 4.2.3 The Reactively Formed Benzene is Tilted: Effect of Surface Packing Density on the Conformation, Yield and Desorption Kinetics of Benzene Formation.- 4.3 Studies at High Pressures.- 4.4 The Effects of Promoters, Poisons and Other Coadsorbed Species.- 4.5 The Structure and Bonding of Ethyne Chemisorbed on Transition Metal Surfaces.- 4.6 Why is Tricyclisation so Specific to Palladium and Why is the (111) Plane so Strongly Favoured?.- 4.7 Other Cyclisation Reactions.- 4.8 Conclusions.- References.- 5. Model Organic Rearrangements on Aluminum Surfaces.- 5.1 Background.- 5.2 Carbon-Halogen Bond Cleavage.- 5.2.1 Reactive Sticking Probability.- 5.2.2 High-Resolution EELS and TPRS Observations of C-X Bond Cleavage.- 5.3 Integrated Desorption Mass Spectrometry.- 5.4 Alkyl Surface Chemistry.- 5.4.1 Iodoalkanes with ?-Hydrogens.- 5.4.2 Dihaloalkanes.- 5.4.3 Radical Participation in Aluminum Alkyl Chemistry.- 5.5 Etching of Aluminum Surfaces with Alkyl Halides.- 5.6 Model and Real Systems: A Comparison.- 5.7 Aluminum Surfaces vs. Aluminum Compounds: A Summary.- 5.8 Conclusion.- References and Notes.- 6. The Adsorption of Hydrogen at Copper Surfaces: A Model System for the Study of Activated Adsorption.- 6.1 Introductory Remarks.- 6.2 A One-Dimensional Description: The Translational Degree of Freedom.- 6.2.1 The Activation Barrier.- 6.2.2 Early Adsorption Measurements with Molecular Beams.- 6.2.3 Early Desorption Measurements and Detailed Balance.- 6.3 A Two-Dimensional Description: The Translational and Vibrational Degrees of Freedom.- 6.3.1 The 2-D Potential Energy Surface.- 6.3.2 Recent Adsorption Measurements with Molecular Beams.- 6.3.3 Quantitative Treatment of Adsorption and Desorption Data.- a) Sticking Probability Models.- b) Quantitative Comparison of Adsorption Data.- c) Desorption and the Role of Surface Motion.- 6.3.4 State-Resolved Scattering Measurements.- a) Reflection Probability Measurements.- b) Inelastic Scattering Measurements: Vibrational Excitation.- 6.3.5 State-Resolved Desorption Measurements: S0(v,Ei) via Detailed Balance.- 6.4 A Multidimensional Description: The Degrees of Freedom Including Translation, Vibration, Rotation, Molecular Orientation, and Impact Parameter.- 6.4.1 Theoretical Descriptions for More than Two Dimensions.- 6.4.2 Activation Energy Measurements: The Effect of Rotation on Adsorption Rate.- 6.4.3 State-Resolved Desorption Measurements: The Role of Rotation in Adsorption and Desorption.- 6.4.4 Inelastic Scattering Measurements: The Influence of Rotation on Vibrational Excitation.- 6.5 Summary.- References.- 7. Kinetics and Dynamics of Alkane Activation on Transition Metal Surfaces.- 7.1 Background.- 7.2 Trapping-Mediated Dissociative Chemisorption.- 7.2.1 Trapping Dynamics.- 7.2.2 Kinetics.- 7.2.3 Microscopic Reaction Mechanism.- 7.3 Direct Dissociative Chemisorption.- 7.3.1 Activation via Translational Energy.- 7.3.2 Activation via Vibrational Energy.- 7.3.3 Collision-Induced Activation.- References.