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Zhou H, Ruan M, Liu QY, Zhao YX, Wang RY, Yang Y, He SG. Size-dependent reactivity of V nO + ( n = 1-9) clusters with ethane. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:14186-14193. [PMID: 38713092 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00857j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
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Cost-effective and readily accessible 3d transition metals (TMs) have been considered as promising candidates for alkane activation while 3d TMs especially the early TMs are usually not very reactive with light alkanes. In this study, the reactivity of Vn+ and VnO+ (n = 1-9) cluster cations towards ethane under thermal collision conditions has been investigated using mass spectrometry and density functional theory calculations. Among Vn+ (n = 1-9) clusters, only V3-5+ can react with C2H6 to generate dehydrogenation products and the reaction rate constants are below 10-13 cm3 molecule-1 s-1. In contrast, the reaction rate constants for all VnO+ (n = 1-9) with C2H6 significantly increase by about 2-4 orders of magnitude. Theoretical analysis evidences that the addition of ligand O affects the charge distribution of the metal centers, resulting in a significant increase in the cluster reactivity. The analysis of frontier orbitals indicates that the agostic interaction determines the size-dependent reactivity of VnO+ cluster cations. This study provides a novel approach for improving the reactivity of early 3d TMs.
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- Hang Zhou
- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Crystalline Molecular Functional Materials, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Wang M, Zhang FX, Chen ZY, Ma JB. Activation and Transformation of Methane on Boron-Doped Cobalt Oxide Cluster Cations CoBO 2. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:1537-1542. [PMID: 38181068 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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The cleavage of inert C-H bonds in methane at room temperature and the subsequent conversion into value-added products are quite challenging. Herein, the reactivity of boron-doped cobalt oxide cluster cations CoBO2+ toward methane under thermal collision conditions was studied by mass spectrometry experiments and quantum-chemical calculations. In this reaction, one H atom and the CH3 unit of methane were transformed separately to generate the product metaboric acid (HBO2) and one CoCH3+ ion, respectively. Theoretical calculations strongly suggest that a catalytic cycle can be completed by the recovery of CoBO2+ through the reaction of CoCH3+ with sodium perborate (NaBO3), and this reaction generates sodium methoxide (CH3ONa) as the other value-added product. This study shows that boron-doped cobalt oxide species are highly reactive to facilitate thermal methane transformation and may open a way to develop more effective approaches for methane (CH4) activation and conversion under mild conditions.
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- Ming Wang
- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cluster Science of Ministry of Education, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic/Electrophotonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 102488, China
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Yan L, Yuan B, Qian C, Zhou S. Methane Activation by [AlFeO 3 ] + : the Hidden Spin Selectivity. Chemphyschem 2023:e202300603. [PMID: 37814927 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202300603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023]
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The performance of heteronuclear cluster [AlFeO3 ]+ in activating methane has been explored by a combination of high-level quantum chemical calculations with gas-phase experiments. At room temperature, [AlFeO3 ]+ is a mixture of 7 [AlFeO3 ]+ and 5 [AlFeO3 ]+ , in which two states lead to different reactivity and chemoselectivity for methane activation. While hydrogen extracted from methane is the only product channel for the 7 [AlFeO3 ]+ /CH4 couple, 5 [AlFeO3 ]+ is able to convert this substrate to formaldehyde. In addition, the introduction of an external electric field may regulate the reactivity and product selectivity. The interesting doping effect of Fe and the associated electronic origins are discussed, which may guide one on the design of Fe-involved catalyst for methane conversion.
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- Linghui Yan
- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Zheda Rd. #99, 324000, Quzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Zheda Rd. #99, 324000, Quzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Zheda Rd. #99, 324000, Quzhou, P.R. China
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- College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, P. R. China
- Institute of Zhejiang University - Quzhou, Zheda Rd. #99, 324000, Quzhou, P.R. China
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Yasumura S, Saita K, Miyakage T, Nagai K, Kon K, Toyao T, Maeno Z, Taketsugu T, Shimizu KI. Designing main-group catalysts for low-temperature methane combustion by ozone. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3926. [PMID: 37400448 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39541-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/05/2023] Open
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The catalytic combustion of methane at a low temperature is becoming increasingly key to controlling unburned CH4 emissions from natural gas vehicles and power plants, although the low activity of benchmark platinum-group-metal catalysts hinders its broad application. Based on automated reaction route mapping, we explore main-group elements catalysts containing Si and Al for low-temperature CH4 combustion with ozone. Computational screening of the active site predicts that strong Brønsted acid sites are promising for methane combustion. We experimentally demonstrate that catalysts containing strong Bronsted acid sites exhibit improved CH4 conversion at 250 °C, correlating with the theoretical predictions. The main-group catalyst (proton-type beta zeolite) delivered a reaction rate that is 442 times higher than that of a benchmark catalyst (5 wt% Pd-loaded Al2O3) at 190 °C and exhibits higher tolerance to steam and SO2. Our strategy demonstrates the rational design of earth-abundant catalysts based on automated reaction route mapping.
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- Shunsaku Yasumura
- Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21 W-10, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21 W-10, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21 W-10, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21 W-10, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21 W-10, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- School of Advanced Engineering, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, 192-0015, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (WPI-ICReDD), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis, Hokkaido University, N-21 W-10, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 001-0021, Japan.
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Claveau EE, Sader S, Jackson BA, Khan SN, Miliordos E. Transition metal oxide complexes as molecular catalysts for selective methane to methanol transformation: any prospects or time to retire? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:5313-5326. [PMID: 36723253 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05480a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Transition metal oxides have been extensively used in the literature for the conversion of methane to methanol. Despite the progress made over the past decades, no method with satisfactory performance or economic viability has been detected. The main bottleneck is that the produced methanol oxidizes further due to its weaker C-H bond than that of methane. Every improvement in the efficiency of a catalyst to activate methane leads to reduction of the selectivity towards methanol. Is it therefore prudent to keep studying (both theoretically and experimentally) metal oxides as catalysts for the quantitative conversion of methane to methanol? This perspective focuses on molecular metal oxide complexes and suggests strategies to bypass the current bottlenecks with higher weight on the computational chemistry side. We first discuss the electronic structure of metal oxides, followed by assessing the role of the ligands in the reactivity of the catalysts. For better selectivity, we propose that metal oxide anionic complexes should be explored further, while hydrophylic cavities in the vicinity of the metal oxide can perturb the transition-state structure for methanol increasing appreciably the activation barrier for methanol. We also emphasize that computational studies should target the activation reaction of methanol (and not only methane), the study of complete catalytic cycles (including the recombination and oxidation steps), and the use of molecular oxygen as an oxidant. The titled chemical conversion is an excellent challenge for theory and we believe that computational studies should lead the field in the future. It is finally shown that bottom-up approaches offer a systematic way for exploration of the chemical space and should still be applied in parallel with the recently popular machine learning techniques. To answer the question of the title, we believe that metal oxides should still be considered provided that we change our focus and perform more systematic investigations on the activation of methanol.
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- Emily E Claveau
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5312, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5312, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5312, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5312, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5312, USA.
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Blagojevic V, Koyanagi GK, Böhme DK. Probing gas phase catalysis by atomic metal cations with flow tube mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2023. [PMID: 36721337 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The evolution and applications of flow tube mass spectrometry in the study of catalysis promoted by atomic metal ions are tracked from the pioneering days in Boulder, Colorado, to the construction and application of the ICP/SIFT/QqQ and ESI/qQ/SIFT/QqQ instruments at York University and the VISTA-SIFT instrument at the Air Force Research Laboratory. The physical separation of various sources of atomic metal ions from the flow tube in the latter instruments facilitates the spatial resolution of redox reactions and allows the separate measurement of the kinetics of both legs of a two-step catalytic cycle, while also allowing a view of the catalytic cycle in progress downstream in the reaction region of the flow tube. We focus on measurements on O-atom transfer and bond activation catalysis as first identified in Boulder and emphasize fundamental aspects such as the thermodynamic window of opportunity for catalysis, catalytic efficiency, and computed energy landscapes for atomic metal cation catalysis. Gas-phase applications include: the catalytic oxidation of CO to CO2 , of H2 to H2 O, and of C2 H4 to CH3 CHO all with N2 O as the source of oxygen; the catalytic oxidation of CH4 to CH3 OH with O3 ; the catalytic oxidation of C6 H6 with O2 . We also address the environmentally important catalytic reduction of NO2 and NO to N2 with CO and H2 by catalytic coupling of two-step catalytic cycles in a multistep cycle. Overall, the power of atomic metal cations in catalysis, and the use of flow tube mass spectrometry in revealing this power, is clearly demonstrated.
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- Voislav Blagojevic
- Department of Chemistry, York University, Ontario, Toronto, Canada
- BrightSpec Inc., Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, York University, Ontario, Toronto, Canada
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Karmalkar DG, Larson VA, Malik DD, Lee YM, Seo MS, Kim J, Vasiliauskas D, Shearer J, Lehnert N, Nam W. Preparation and Characterization of a Formally Ni IV-Oxo Complex with a Triplet Ground State and Application in Oxidation Reactions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:22698-22712. [PMID: 36454200 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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High-valent first-row transition-metal-oxo complexes are important intermediates in biologically and chemically relevant oxidative transformations of organic molecules and in the water splitting reaction in (artificial) photosynthesis. While high-valent Fe- and Mn-oxo complexes have been characterized in detail, much less is known about their analogues with late transition metals. In this study, we present the synthesis and detailed characterization of a unique mononuclear terminal Ni-O complex. This compound, [Ni(TAML)(O)(OH)]3-, is characterized by an intense charge-transfer (CT) band around 730 nm and has an St = 1 ground state, as determined by magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy. From extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS), the Ni-O bond distance is 1.84 Å. Ni K edge XAS data indicate that the complex contains a Ni(III) center, which results from an unusually large degree of Ni-O π-bond inversion, with one hole located on the oxo ligand. The complex is therefore best described as a low-spin Ni(III) complex (S = 1/2) with a bound oxyl (O•-) ligand (S = 1/2), where the spins of Ni and oxyl are ferromagnetically coupled, giving rise to the observed St = 1 ground state. This bonding description is roughly equivalent to the presence of a Ni-O single (σ) bond. Reactivity studies show that [Ni(TAML)(O)(OH)]3- is a strong oxidant capable of oxidizing thioanisole and styrene derivatives with large negative ρ values in the Hammett plot, indicating its electrophilic nature. The intermediate also shows high reactivity in C-H bond activation of hydrocarbons with a kinetic isotope effect of 7.0(3) in xanthene oxidation.
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- Deepika G Karmalkar
- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1055, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea
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Sweeny BC, Heaven MC, Lachowicz A, Johnson MA, Viggiano AA, Shuman NS, Ard SG. Gas-Phase Reactivity of Ozone with Lanthanide Ions (Sm +, Nd +) and Their Higher Oxides. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2022; 33:1401-1410. [PMID: 35545264 DOI: 10.1021/jasms.2c00058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The kinetics of SmOn+ (n = 0-2) and NdOn+ (n = 0-2) with O3 are measured using a selected-ion flow tube. Reaction of Nd+ to yield NdO+ + O2 occurs rapidly, with a rate constant near the capture-controlled limit of ∼8 × 10-10 cm3 s-1. NdO+ reacts at ∼40% of the capture limit to yield NdO2+ with little temperature dependence from 200 to 400 K. NdO2+ likely reacts very slowly (k ∼ 10-13 cm3 s-1) to yield NdO+ + 2O2, does not react to yield NdO3+, and associates slowly (k ∼ 10-12 cm3 s-1) to yield NdO2+(O3)1-3. Reaction of Sm+ also yields SmO+ at near the capture limit at all temperatures, but a significant fraction (∼50%) of the SmO+ is produced in excited states that are long-lived compared to the millisecond time scale of the experiment. These states are evidently resistant to both radiative and collisional relaxation. The excited-state production is likely due to a spin-conservation constraint on the reaction, despite the large spin-orbit coupling typical for lanthanide-containing species. Ground-state SmO+ reacts inefficiently (k = 2 × 10-11 (T/300)-2.5 cm3 s-1) to yield SmO2+ + O2, while the excited-state SmO+* reacts at the capture limit, with branching to yield Sm+ + 2O2 (ΔHr,0K = 148.7 ± 0.4 kJ mol-1 for ground-state SmO+) approximately 60% of the time, the remainder forming SmO2+, which further reacts with O3 to yield SmO+ at about 1% of the collisional value.
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- Brendan C Sweeny
- Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts 02467, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117, United States
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Roithová J, Bakker JM. Ion spectroscopy in methane activation. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2022; 41:513-528. [PMID: 34008884 PMCID: PMC9292810 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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This review is devoted to ion spectroscopy studies of complexes relevant for the understanding of methane activation with metal ions and clusters. Methane activation starts with the formation of a complex with a metal ion. The degree of the interaction between an intact methane molecule and the ion can be monitored by the perturbations of C-H stretch vibrations in the methane molecule. Binding mediated by the electrostatic interaction results in a η3 type coordination of methane. In contrast, binding governed by orbital interactions results in a η2 type coordination of methane. We further review the spectroscopic characterization of activation products of metal-methane reactions, such as the metal-carbene and carbyne products resulting from the interaction of selected 5d metals with methane. The focus of recent research in the field has shifted towards the investigation of interactions between methane and metal clusters. We show examples highlighting that metal clusters can be more reactive in methane activation reactions.
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- Jana Roithová
- Department of Spectroscopy and CatalysisRadboud University NijmegenNijmegenThe Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and MaterialsFELIX LaboratoryNijmegenThe Netherlands
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Yang Y, Zhao Y, He S. Conversion of CH
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Catalyzed by Gas Phase Ions Containing Metals. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200062. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yuan Yang
- Green Catalysis Center and College of Chemistry Zhengzhou University Zhengzhou 450001 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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Lockwood SP, Chunga T, Metz RB. Bonding, Thermodynamics, and Dissociation Dynamics of NiO + and NiS + Determined by Photofragment Imaging and Theory. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:7425-7436. [PMID: 34427080 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c05405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We use photofragment ion imaging and ab initio calculations to determine the bond strength and photodissociation dynamics of the nickel oxide (NiO+) and nickel sulfide (NiS+) cations. NiO+ photodissociates broadly from 20350 to 32000 cm-1, forming ground state products Ni+(2D) + O(3P) below ∼29000 cm-1. Above this energy, Ni+(4F) + O(3P) products become accessible and dominate over the ground state channel. In certain images, product spin-orbit levels are resolved, and spin-orbit propensities are determined. Image anisotropy and the results of MRCI calculations suggest NiO+ photodissociates via a 3 4Σ- ← X 4Σ- transition above the Ni+(4F) threshold and via 3 4Σ-, 2 4Σ-, and/or 2 4Π and 3 4Π excited states below the 4F threshold. The photodissociation spectrum of NiS+ from 19900 to 23200 cm-1 is highly structured, with ∼12 distinct vibronic peaks, each containing underlying substructure. Above 21600 cm-1, the Ni+(2D5/2) + S(3P) and Ni+(2D3/2) + S(3P) product spin-orbit channels compete, with a branching ratio of ∼2:1. At lower energy, Ni+(2D5/2) is formed exclusively, and S(3P2) and S(3P1) spin-orbit channels are resolved. MRCI calculations predict the ground state of NiS+ to be one of two nearly degenerate states, the 1 4Σ- and 1 4Δ. Based on images and spectra, the ground state of NiS+ is assigned as 4Δ7/2, with the 1 4Σ3/2- and 1 4Σ1/2- states 81 ± 30 and 166 ± 50 cm-1 higher in energy, respectively. The majority of the photodissociation spectrum is assigned to transitions from the 1 4Δ state to two overlapping, predissociative excited 4Δ states. Our D0 measurements for NiO+ (D0 = 244.6 ± 2.4 kJ/mol) and NiS+ (D0 = 240.3 ± 1.4 kJ/mol) are more precise and closer to each other than previously reported values. Finally, using a recent measurement of D0(NiS), we derive a more precise value for IE (NiS): 8.80 ± 0.02 eV (849 ± 1.7 kJ/mol).
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- Schuyler P Lockwood
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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Chemical reactivity studies by the natural orbital functional second-order Møller–Plesset (NOF-MP2) method: water dehydrogenation by the scandium cation. Theor Chem Acc 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00214-021-02775-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Zhao YX, Zhao XG, Yang Y, Ruan M, He SG. Rhodium chemistry: A gas phase cluster study. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:180901. [PMID: 34241019 DOI: 10.1063/5.0046529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Due to the extraordinary catalytic activity in redox reactions, the noble metal, rhodium, has substantial industrial and laboratory applications in the production of value-added chemicals, synthesis of biomedicine, removal of automotive exhaust gas, and so on. The main drawback of rhodium catalysts is its high-cost, so it is of great importance to maximize the atomic efficiency of the precious metal by recognizing the structure-activity relationship of catalytically active sites and clarifying the root cause of the exceptional performance. This Perspective concerns the significant progress on the fundamental understanding of rhodium chemistry at a strictly molecular level by the joint experimental and computational study of the reactivity of isolated Rh-based gas phase clusters that can serve as ideal models for the active sites of condensed-phase catalysts. The substrates cover the important organic and inorganic molecules including CH4, CO, NO, N2, and H2. The electronic origin for the reactivity evolution of bare Rhx q clusters as a function of size is revealed. The doping effect and support effect as well as the synergistic effect among heteroatoms on the reactivity and product selectivity of Rh-containing species are discussed. The ingenious employment of diverse experimental techniques to assist the Rh1- and Rh2-doped clusters in catalyzing the challenging endothermic reactions is also emphasized. It turns out that the chemical behavior of Rh identified from the gas phase cluster study parallels the performance of condensed-phase rhodium catalysts. The mechanistic aspects derived from Rh-based cluster systems may provide new clues for the design of better performing rhodium catalysts including the single Rh atom catalysts.
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- Yan-Xia Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Ard SG, Viggiano AA, Shuman NS. Old School Techniques with Modern Capabilities: Kinetics Determination of Dynamical Information Such as Barriers, Multiple Entrance Channel Complexes, Product States, Spin Crossings, and Size Effects in Metallic Ion–Molecule Reactions. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:3503-3527. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c11395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Shaun G. Ard
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87117, United States
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Sader S, Miliordos E. Methane to Methanol Conversion Facilitated by Anionic Transition Metal Centers: The Case of Fe, Ni, Pd, and Pt. J Phys Chem A 2021; 125:2364-2373. [PMID: 33710883 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c10577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Density functional theory and high-level ab initio electronic structure calculations are performed to study the mechanism of the partial oxidation of methane to methanol facilitated by the titled anionic transition metal atoms. The energy landscape for the overall reaction M- + N2O + CH4 → M- + N2 + CH3OH (M = Fe, Ni, Pd, Pt) is constructed for different reaction pathways for all four metals. The comparison with earlier experimental and theoretical results for cationic centers demonstrates the better performance of the metal anions. The main advantage is that anionic centers interact weakly with the produced methanol. This fact facilitates the fast removal of methanol from the catalytic center and prevents the overoxidation of methane. Moreover, a moderate or high energy barrier for the M- + CH4 → HMCH3- reaction step is observed, which protects the metal center from deactivation. Future work should focus on the identification of proper ligands, which stabilize the negative charge on the metal (electronic factors) and prevent the formation of the global CH3MOH- minimum (steric factors). Finally, a composite electronic structure method (combining size extensive coupled clusters approaches and accurate multireference configuration interaction) is proposed for computationally demanding systems and is applied to Fe-.
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- Safaa Sader
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, United States
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Hong S, Mpourmpakis G. Mechanistic understanding of methane-to-methanol conversion on graphene-stabilized single-atom iron centers. Catal Sci Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1cy00826a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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DFT calculations and kinetic modeling elucidate solvent effects and complex mechanisms for the room-temperature methane-to-methanol conversion on an FeN4/graphene catalyst.
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- Sungil Hong
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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Mehara J, Roithová J. Identifying reactive intermediates by mass spectrometry. Chem Sci 2020; 11:11960-11972. [PMID: 34123215 PMCID: PMC8162775 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc04754f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Development of new reactions requires finding and understanding of novel reaction pathways. In challenging reactions such as C-H activations, these pathways often involve highly reactive intermediates which are the key to our understanding, but difficult to study. Mass spectrometry has a unique sensitivity for detecting low abundant charged species; therefore it is increasingly used for detection of such intermediates in metal catalysed- and organometallic reactions. This perspective shows recent developments in the field of mass spectrometric research of reaction mechanisms with a special focus on going beyond mass-detection. Chapters discuss the advantages of collision-induced dissociation, ion mobility and ion spectroscopy for characterization of structures of the detected intermediates. In addition, we discuss the relationship between the condensed phase chemistry and mass spectrometric detection of species from solution.
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- Jaya Mehara
- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Heyendaalseweg 135 6525 AJ Nijmegen The Netherlands
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Heyendaalseweg 135 6525 AJ Nijmegen The Netherlands
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Zhao YX, Yang B, Li HF, Zhang Y, Yang Y, Liu QY, Xu HG, Zheng WJ, He SG. Photoassisted Selective Steam and Dry Reforming of Methane to Syngas Catalyzed by Rhodium-Vanadium Bimetallic Oxide Cluster Anions at Room Temperature. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:21216-21223. [PMID: 32767516 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202010026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Photoassisted steam reforming and dry (CO2 ) reforming of methane (SRM and DRM) at room temperature with high syngas selectivity have been achieved in the gas-phase catalysis for the first time. The catalysts used are bimetallic rhodium-vanadium oxide cluster anions of Rh2 VO1-3 - . Both the oxidation of methane and reduction of H2 O/CO2 can take place efficiently in the dark while the pivotal step to govern syngas selectivity is photo-excitation of the reaction intermediates Rh2 VO2,3 CH2 - to specific electronically excited states that can selectively produce CO and H2 . Electronic excitation over Rh2 VO2,3 CH2 - to control the syngas selectivity is further confirmed from the comparison with the thermal excitation of Rh2 VO2,3 CH2 - , which leads to diversity of products. The atomic-level mechanism obtained from the well-controlled cluster reactions provides insight into the process of selective syngas production from the photocatalytic SRM and DRM reactions over supported metal oxide catalysts.
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- Yan-Xia Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China.,Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Zhao Y, Yang B, Li H, Zhang Y, Yang Y, Liu Q, Xu H, Zheng W, He S. Photoassisted Selective Steam and Dry Reforming of Methane to Syngas Catalyzed by Rhodium–Vanadium Bimetallic Oxide Cluster Anions at Room Temperature. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202010026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yan‐Xia Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 P. R. China
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and CAS Research/Education Centre of Excellence in Molecular Sciences Beijing 100190 P. R. China
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Koessler K, Scherer H, Butschke B. Phenyl-Group Exchange in Triphenylphosphine Mediated by Cationic Gold-Platinum Complexes-A Gas-Phase Mimetic Approach. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:9496-9510. [PMID: 32124602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The PPh3 ligands in the heterodinuclear AuPt complex [(Ph3P)AuPt(PPh3)3][BAr4F] (BAr4F = tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate) exhibit a high fluxionality on the AuPt core. Fast intramolecular and slow intermolecular processes for the reversible exchange of the PPh3 ligands have been identified. When [(Ph3P)AuPt(PPh3)3][BAr4F] is heated in solution, the formation of benzene is observed, and a trinuclear, cationic AuPt2 complex is generated. This process is preceded by reversible phenyl-group exchange between the PPh3 ligands present in the reaction mixture as elucidated by deuterium-labeling studies. Both the elimination of benzene and the preceding reversible phenyl-group exchange have originally been observed in mass-spectrometry-based CID experiments (CID = Collision-Induced Dissociation). While CID of mass-selected [Au,Pt,(PPh3)4]+ results exclusively in the loss of PPh3, the resulting cation [Au,Pt,(PPh3)3]+ selectively eliminates C6H6. Thus, the dissociation of a PPh3 ligand from [Au,Pt,(PPh3)3]+ is energetically not able to compete with processes which result in C-H- and C-P-bond cleavage. In both media, the heterobimetallic nature of the employed complexes is the key for the observed reactivity. Only the intimate interplay of the gas-phase investigations, studies in solution, and thorough DFT computations allowed for the elucidation of the mechanistic details of the reactivity of [(Ph3P)AuPt(PPh3)3][BAr4F].
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- Konstantin Koessler
- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Albertstr. 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Sweeny BC, McDonald DC, Ard SG, Viggiano AA, Shuman NS. Barrierless methane-to-methanol conversion: the unique mechanism of AlO . Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:14544-14550. [PMID: 32589175 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02316g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The kinetics of AlO+ + CH4 are studied from 300-500 K using a selected-ion flow tube. At all temperatures the reaction proceeds near the Langevin-Gioumousis-Stevenson collision rate with two product channels: hydrogen atom abstraction (AlOH+ + CH3, 86 ± 5%) and methanol formation (Al+ + CH3OH, 14 ± 5%). Density functional calculations show the key Al-CH3OH+ intermediate is formed barrierlessly via a mechanism unique to aluminum, avoiding the rate-limiting step common to other MO+. The reaction of Al2O3+ + CH4 follows a similar mechanism to that for AlO+ through to the key intermediate; however, the conversion to methanol occurs only for AlO+ due to favorable energetics attributed to a weaker Al+-CH3OH bond. Importantly, that bond strength may be tuned independent of competing product channels by altering the acidity of the Al with electron-withdrawing or donating groups, indicating a key design criteria to develop a real world Al-atom catalyst.
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- Brendan C Sweeny
- NRC Postdoc at Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 87117, USA
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- NRC Postdoc at Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 87117, USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 87117, USA.
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 87117, USA.
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico 87117, USA.
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Larson VA, Battistella B, Ray K, Lehnert N, Nam W. Iron and manganese oxo complexes, oxo wall and beyond. Nat Rev Chem 2020; 4:404-419. [PMID: 37127969 DOI: 10.1038/s41570-020-0197-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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High-valent metal-oxo species with multiply-bonded M-O groups have been proposed as key intermediates in many biological and abiological catalytic oxidation reactions. These intermediates are implicated as active oxidants in alkane hydroxylation, olefin epoxidation and other oxidation reactions. For example, [FeivO(porphyrinato•-)]+ cofactors bearing π-radical porphyrinato•- ligands oxidize organic substrates in cytochrome P450 enzymes, which are common to many life forms. Likewise, high-valent Mn-oxo species are active for H2O oxidation in photosystem II. The chemistry of these native reactive species has inspired chemists to prepare highly oxidized transition-metal complexes as functional mimics. Although many synthetic Fe-O and Mn-O complexes now exist, the analogous oxo complexes of the late transition metals (groups 9-11) are rare. Indeed, late-transition-metal-oxo complexes of tetragonal (fourfold) symmetry should be electronically unstable, a rule commonly referred to as the 'oxo wall'. A few late metal-oxos have been prepared by targeting other symmetries or unusual spin states. These complexes have been studied using spectroscopic and theoretical methods. This Review describes mononuclear non-haem Fe-O and Mn-O species, the nature of the oxo wall and recent advances in the preparation of oxo complexes of Co, Ni and Cu beyond the oxo wall.
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Zhu B, Ehara M, Sakaki S. Propene oxidation catalysis and electronic structure of M 55 particles (M = Pd or Rh): differences and similarities between Pd 55 and Rh 55. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11783-11796. [PMID: 32215421 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp00169d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Propene oxidation is one of the important reactions that occurs in the presence of a three-way catalyst but its reaction mechanism is unclear. The reaction mechanisms and differences in catalysis between Pd and Rh particles were investigated by DFT calculations employing Pd55 and Rh55 as the model catalysts. The O-attack mechanism, in which the O atom adsorbed on the Pd55 and Rh55 surfaces attacks the C[double bond, length as m-dash]C double bond of propene, needs to overcome a large activation barrier (Ea). On the other hand, C-H bond cleavage of the methyl group of propene easily occurs with moderate Ea; the mechanism initiated by this C-H activation is named H-transfer mechanism. In this mechanism, the next step is allyl alcohol formation, followed by the second C-H bond activation of the CH2OH species of allyl alcohol, and the final step is proton transfer from OH-substituted π-allyl species to the OH group on the metal surface to yield acrolein and water molecules with the regeneration of M55. The rate-determining step is the second C-H bond activation. Its Ea is 17.4 kcal mol-1 for the reaction on Pd55 and 34.4 kcal mol-1 for the reaction on Rh55. These results indicate that Pd particles are more active than Rh particles in propene oxidation, which agrees with the experimental findings. The larger Ea for Rh55 than that for Pd55 arises from the stronger Rh-OH bond than the Pd-OH bond. The higher energy d-valence band-top of Rh55 than that of Pd55 is the origin of the stronger Rh-OH bond than the Pd-OH bond. Thus, the d-valence band-top energy is an important property for understanding and designing catalysts for alkene oxidation.
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- Bo Zhu
- Elements Strategy Initiative for Catalysts and Batteries (ESICB), Kyoto University, 1-30 Goryo-Ohara, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8245, Japan.
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Bones DL, Daly SM, Mangan TP, Plane JMC. A study of the reactions of Ni + and NiO + ions relevant to planetary upper atmospheres. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:8940-8951. [PMID: 32292965 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01124j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The reactions between Ni+(2D) and O3, O2, N2, CO2 and H2O were studied at 294 K using the pulsed laser ablation at 532 nm of a nickel metal target in a fast flow tube, with mass spectrometric detection of Ni+ and NiO+. The rate coefficient for the reaction of Ni+ with O3 is k(294 K) = (9.7 ± 2.1) × 10-10 cm3 molecule-1 s-1; the reaction proceeds at the ion-permanent dipole enhanced Langevin capture rate with a predicted T-0.16 dependence. Electronic structure theory calculations were combined with Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Markus theory to extrapolate the measured recombination rate coefficients to the temperature and pressure conditions of planetary upper atmospheres. The following low-pressure limiting rate coefficients were obtained for T = 120-400 K and He bath gas (in cm6 molecule-2 s-1, uncertainty ±σ at 180 K): log10(k, Ni+ + N2) = -27.5009 + 1.0667log10(T) - 0.74741(log10(T))2, σ = 29%; log10(k, Ni+ + O2) = -27.8098 + 1.3065log10(T) - 0.81136(log10(T))2, σ = 32%; log10(k, Ni+ + CO2) = -29.805 + 4.2282log10(T) - 1.4303(log10(T))2, σ = 28%; log10(k, Ni+ + H2O) = -24.318 + 0.20448log10(T) - 0.66676(log10(T))2, σ = 28%). Other rate coefficients measured (at 294 K, in cm3 molecule-1 s-1) were: k(NiO+ + O) = (1.7 ± 1.2) × 10-10; k(NiO+ + CO) = (7.4 ± 1.3) × 10-11; k(NiO+ + O3) = (2.7 ± 1.0) × 10-10 with (29 ± 21)% forming Ni+ as opposed to NiO2+; k(NiO2+ + O3) = (2.9 ± 1.4) × 10-10, with (16 ± 9)% forming NiO+ as opposed to ONiO2+; and k(Ni+·N2 + O) = (7 ± 4) × 10-12. The chemistry of Ni+ and NiO+ in the upper atmospheres of Earth and Mars is then discussed.
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- David L Bones
- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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Chen X, Rice DB, Danby AM, Lundin MD, Jackson TA, Subramaniam B. Experimental and computational investigations of C–H activation of cyclohexane by ozone in liquid CO 2. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9re00442d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Cyclohexane ozonation in liquid CO2 produces cyclohexanone, a precursor to adipic acid, cleanly at high yields compared to conventional process.
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- Xuhui Chen
- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
- University of Kansas
- Lawrence 66045
- USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
- University of Kansas
- Lawrence 66045
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
- University of Kansas
- Lawrence 66045
- USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
- University of Kansas
- Lawrence 66045
- USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
- University of Kansas
- Lawrence 66045
- USA
- Department of Chemistry
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- Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
- University of Kansas
- Lawrence 66045
- USA
- Department of Chemical Engineering
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Greis K, Yang Y, Canty AJ, O'Hair RAJ. Gas-Phase Synthesis and Reactivity of Ligated Group 10 Ions in the Formal +1 Oxidation State. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2019; 30:1867-1880. [PMID: 31183840 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-019-02231-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Electrospray ionization of the group 10 complexes [(phen)M(O2CCH3)2] (phen=1,10-phenanthroline, M = Ni, Pd, Pt) generates the cations [(phen)M(O2CCH3)]+, whose gas-phase chemistry was studied using multistage mass spectrometry experiments in an ion trap mass spectrometer with the combination of collision-induced dissociation (CID) and ion-molecule reactions (IMR). Decarboxylation of [(phen)M(O2CCH3)]+ under CID conditions generates the organometallic cations [(phen)M(CH3)]+, which undergo bond homolysis upon a further stage of CID to generate the cations [(phen)M]+· in which the metal center is formally in the +1 oxidation state. In the case of [(phen)Pt(CH3)]+, the major product ion [(phen)H]+ was formed via loss of the metal carbene Pt=CH2. DFT calculated energetics for the competition between bond homolysis and M=CH2 loss are consistent with their experimentally observed branching ratios of 2% and 98% respectively. The IMR of [(phen)M]+· with O2, N2, H2O, acetone, and allyl iodide were examined. Adduct formation occurs for O2, N2, H2O, and acetone. Upon CID, all adducts fragment to regenerate [(phen)M]+·, except for [(phen)Pt(OC(CH3)2)]+·, which loses a methyl radical to form [(phen)Pt(OCCH3)]+ which upon a further stage of CID regenerates [(phen)Pt(CH3)]+ via CO loss. This closes a formal catalytic cycle for the decomposition of acetone into CO and two methyl radicals with [(phen)Pt]+· as catalyst. In the IMR of [(phen)M]+· with allyl iodide, formation of [(phen)M(CH2CHCH2)]+ was observed for all three metals, whereas for M = Pt also [(phen)Pt(I)]+ and [(phen)Pt(I)2(CH2CHCH2)]+ were observed. Finally, DFT calculated reaction energetics for all IMR reaction channels are consistent with the experimental observations.
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- Kim Greis
- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
- Institut für Chemie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Brook-Taylor Straße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany
- Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195, Berlin, Germany
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- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences - Chemistry, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 75, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia.
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Sweeny BC, Pan H, Ard SG, Shuman NS, Viggiano AA. On the Role of Hydrogen Atom Transfer (HAT) in Thermal Activation of Methane by MnO+: Entropy vs. Energy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2018-1354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The temperature dependent kinetics and product branching fractions of first-row transition metal oxide cation MnO+ with CH4 and CD4 at temperatures between 200 and 600 K are measured using a selected-ion flow tube apparatus. Likely reaction mechanisms are determined by comparison of temperature dependent kinetics to statistical modeling along calculated reaction coordinates. The data is well-modeled with the reaction proceeding over a rate limiting four-centered transition state leading to an insertion intermediate, similar to reactions of NiO+ and FeO+, and showing characteristics of proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET). However, a more direct pathway traversing a transition state of hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) character to a hydroxyl intermediate is found to possibly be competitive, especially with increasing temperature. While uncertainties in calculated energetics limit quantitative assessment of the role of HAT at thermal energies, it is clear that this mechanism becomes increasingly prevalent in higher energy regimes.
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- Brendan C. Sweeny
- NRC postdoc at Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , USA
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- USRA Space Scholar at Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , USA
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- Institute for Scientific Research, Boston College , Boston, MA 02467 , USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , USA
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , USA
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Keenan M, Nicole J, Poojary D. Ozone as an Enabler for Low Temperature Methane Control Over a Current Production Fe-BEA Catalyst. Top Catal 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11244-018-1098-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The increasing supply of natural gas has created a strong demand for developing efficient catalytic processes to upgrade methane, the most stable alkane molecule, into value-added chemicals. Currently, methane conversion in laboratory and industry is mostly performed under high-temperature conditions. A lot of effort has been devoted to exploring chemical entities that are able to activate the C-H bond of methane at lower temperatures, preferably room temperature. Gas phase atomic clusters with limited numbers of atoms are ideal models of active sites on heterogeneous catalysts. The cluster systems are being actively studied to activate methane under room-temperature conditions. State-of-the-art mass spectrometry, photoelectron imaging spectroscopy, and quantum chemistry calculations have been combined in our laboratory to reveal the molecular-level mechanisms of methane activation by atomic clusters. In this Account, we summarize our recent progress on thermal methane activation by metal oxide clusters doped with noble-metal atoms (Au, Pt, and Rh) as well as by oxygen-free species including carbides and borides of base metals (V, Ta, Mo, and Fe). In contrast to the generations of CH3• free radicals in many of the previously reported cluster reactions with methane, the generations of stable products such as formaldehyde, acetylene, and syngas as well as closed-shell species AuCH3 and B3CH3 have been identified for the cluster reaction systems herein. Besides the well recognized mechanisms of methane activation by the O-• radicals through hydrogen atom abstraction and by metal atoms through oxidative addition, the new mechanisms of synergistic methane activation by Lewis acid-base pairs (such as Auδ+-Oδ- and Bδ+-Bδ-) and by dinuclear metal centers (such as Ta-Ta) have been recently revealed. In the reactions between methane and oxide clusters doped with noble-metal atoms, the oxide cluster "supports" can accept the H atoms and the CH x species delivered through the noble-metal atoms and then transform methane into stable oxygenated compounds. The product selectivity (such as formaldehyde versus syngas) can be controlled by different noble-metal atoms (such as Pt versus Rh). The electronic structures of base metal centers can be engineered through carburization so that the low-spin states can be accessible to reduce the C-H bond of methane. Such active base metal centers in low-spin states resemble related noble-metal atoms in methane activation. The boron clusters (such as B3 in VB3+) can be polarized by the metal cations to form the Lewis acid-base pair Bδ+-Bδ- to cleave the C-H bond of methane very easily. These molecular-level mechanisms may well be operative in related heterogeneous catalysis and can be a fundamental basis to design efficient catalysts for activation and conversion of methane under mild conditions.
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- Yan-Xia Zhao
- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Structural Chemistry of Unstable and Stable Species, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
- Beijing National
Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Research/Education Center of
Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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Sweeny BC, Ard SG, Shuman NS, Viggiano AA. The Role of Non‐Reactive Binding Sites in the AlVO
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O Catalytic Cycle. Chemphyschem 2018; 19:2835-2838. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201800714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Brendan C. Sweeny
- National Academy of Sciences Washington DC 20001
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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- Institute for Scientific Research Boston College Boston MA 02467
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico 87117
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McDonald DC, Sweeny BC, Ard SG, Melko JJ, Ruliffson JE, White MC, Viggiano AA, Shuman NS. Temperature and Isotope Dependent Kinetics of Nickel-Catalyzed Oxidation of Methane by Ozone. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:6655-6662. [PMID: 29914263 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b02513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The temperature dependent kinetics of Ni+ + O3 and of NiO+ + CH4/CD4 are measured from 300 to 600 K using a selected-ion flow tube apparatus. Together, these reactions comprise a catalytic cycle converting CH4 to CH3OH. The reaction of Ni+ + O3 proceeds at the collisional limit, faster than previously reported at 300 K. The NiO+ product reacts further with O3, also at the collisional limit, yielding both higher oxides (up to NiO5+ is observed) as well as undergoing an apparent reduction back to Ni+. This apparent reduction channel is due to the oxidation channel yielding NiO2+* with sufficient energy to dissociate. 4NiO+ + CH4 (CD4) (whereas 4NiO+ refers to the quartet state of NiO+) proceeds with a rate constant of (2.6 ± 0.4) × 10-10 cm3 s-1 [(1.8 ± 0.5) × 10-10 cm3 s-1] at 300 K and a temperature dependence of ∼ T-0.7±0.3 (∼ T-1.1±0.4), producing only the 2Ni+ + 1CH3OH channel up to 600 K. Statistical modeling of the reaction based on calculated stationary points along the reaction coordinate reproduces the experimental rate constant as a function of temperature but underpredicts the kinetic isotope shift. The modeling was found to better represent the data when the crossing from quartet to doublet surface was incomplete, suggesting a possible kinetic effect in crossing from quartet to doublet surfaces. Additionally, the modeling predicts a competing 3NiOH+ + 2CH3 channel to become increasingly important at higher temperatures.
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- David C McDonald
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Florida , Jacksonville , Florida 32224 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Florida , Jacksonville , Florida 32224 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , University of North Florida , Jacksonville , Florida 32224 , United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , United States
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- Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air Force Base , New Mexico 87117 , United States
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The isolation of terminal oxo complexes of the late transition metals promises new avenues in oxidation catalysis like the selective and catalytic hydroxylation of unreactive CH bonds, the activation of water, or the upgrading of olefins. While terminal oxo ligands are ubiquitous for early transition metals, well-characterized examples with group 10 metals remain hitherto elusive. In search for palladium terminal oxo complexes, the relative stability/reactivity of such compounds are evaluated computationally (CASSCF/NEVPT2; DFT). The calculations investigate only well-known ligand systems with established synthetic procedures and relevance for coordination chemistry and homogeneous catalysis. They delineate and quantify, which electronic properties of ancillary ligands are crucial for taming otherwise highly reactive terminal oxo intermediates. Notably, carbene ligands with both strong σ-donor and strong π-acceptor properties are best suited for the stabilization of palladium(ii) terminal oxo complexes, whereas ligands with a weaker ligand field lead to highly reactive complexes. Strongly donating ligands are an excellent choice for high-valent palladium(iv) terminal oxo compounds. Low coordinate palladium(ii) as well as high-valent palladium(iv) complexes are best suited for the activation of strong bonds.
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- Dominik Munz
- Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , Egerlandstr. 1 , 91058 Erlangen , Germany .
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Almeida NMS, Ariyarathna IR, Miliordos E. Ab initio calculations on the ground and excited electronic states of neutral and charged palladium monoxide, PdO0,+,−. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:14578-14586. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01251b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Multi-reference configuration interaction and coupled cluster calculations were carried out for the ground and several low-lying excited electronic states for PdO, PdO+, and PdO−. The photoelectron spectrum peaks of PdO were assigned.
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Zhou S, Firouzbakht M, Schlangen M, Kaupp M, Schwarz H. On the Electronic Origin of Remarkable Ligand Effects on the Reactivities of [NiL] + Complexes (L=C 6 H 5 , C 5 H 4 N, CN) towards Methane. Chemistry 2017; 23:14430-14433. [PMID: 28865112 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The gas-phase reactions of [NiL]+ (L=C6 H5 , C5 H4 N, CN) with methane have been explored by using electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) complemented by quantum chemical calculations. Though the phenyl Ni complex [Ni(C6 H5 )]+ exclusively abstracts one hydrogen atom from methane at ambient conditions, the cyano Ni complex [Ni(CN)]+ brings about both H-atom abstraction and ligand exchange to generate [Ni(CH3 )]+ . In contrast, the complex 2-pyridinyl Ni [Ni(C5 H4 N)]+ is inert towards this substrate. The presence of the empty 4s(Ni) orbital dominates the proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) processes for the investigated systems.
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- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, P. R. China
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 135, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Li XN, Zou XP, He SG. Metal-mediated catalysis in the gas phase: A review. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(17)62782-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Melko JJ, Ard SG, Lê T, Miller GS, Martinez O, Shuman NS, Viggiano AA. Determining Rate Constants and Mechanisms for Sequential Reactions of Fe + with Ozone at 500 K. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:24-30. [PMID: 27996263 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b08971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We present rate constants and product branching ratios for the reactions of FeOx+ (x = 0-4) with ozone at 500 K. Fe+ is observed to react with ozone at the collision rate to produce FeO+ + O2. The FeO+ in turn reacts with ozone at the collision rate to yield both Fe+ and FeO2+ product channels. Ions up to FeO4+ display similar reactivity patterns. Three-body clustering reactions with O2 prevent us from measuring accurate rate constants at 300 K although the data do suggest that the efficiency is also high. Therefore, it is probable that little to no temperature dependence exists over this range. Implications of our measurements to the regulation of atmospheric iron and ozone are discussed. Density functional calculations on the reaction of Fe+ with ozone show no substantial kinetic barriers to make the FeO+ + O2 product channel, which is consistent with the reaction's efficiency. While a pathway to make FeO2+ + O is also found to be barrierless, our experiments indicate no primary FeO2+ formation for this reaction.
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- Joshua J Melko
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Florida , 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
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- Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117-5776, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Florida , 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Florida , 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
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- Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117-5776, United States
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- Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117-5776, United States
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- Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory , Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117-5776, United States
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Schwarz H. Ménage-à-trois: single-atom catalysis, mass spectrometry, and computational chemistry. Catal Sci Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cy02658c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Genuine, single-atom catalysis can be realized in the gas phase and probed by mass spectrometry combined with computational chemistry.
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- Helmut Schwarz
- Institut für Chemie
- Technische Universität Berlin
- 10623 Berlin
- Germany
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Sun X, Zhou S, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Efficient Room-Temperature Methane Activation by the Closed-Shell, Metal-Free Cluster [OSiOH]+
: A Novel Mechanistic Variant. Chemistry 2016; 22:14257-63. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201601981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Xiaoyan Sun
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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Zhou S, Li J, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Die Chemie von [AuO]+
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in der Gasphase: Selektive Sauerstoffatom-Übertragung auf, statt Wasserstoffatom-Abstraktion von Methan. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201605259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 VR China
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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Zhou S, Li J, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. The Unique Gas-Phase Chemistry of the [AuO]+
/CH4
Couple: Selective Oxygen-Atom Transfer to, Rather than Hydrogen-Atom Abstraction from, Methane. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:10877-80. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201605259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 P.R. China
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Strasse des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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Zhou S, Li J, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Spinabhängige, thermische Aktivierung von Methan durch den geschlossenschaligen Cluster [TaO3
]+. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201601965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 V.R. China
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Deutschland
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Zhou S, Li J, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Spin-Selective Thermal Activation of Methane by Closed-Shell [TaO3
]+. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:7257-60. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201601965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Revised: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 P.R. China
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Straße des 17. Juni 135 10623 Berlin Germany
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Mansell A, Theis Z, Gutierrez MG, Faza ON, Lopez CS, Bellert DJ. Submerged Barriers in the Ni(+) Assisted Decomposition of Propionaldehyde. J Phys Chem A 2016; 120:2275-84. [PMID: 27054589 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.5b08444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The reaction dynamics of the Ni(+) mediated decarbonylation of propionaldehyde was assessed using the single photon initiated decomposition rearrangement reaction (SPIDRR) technique. The exothermic production of Ni(+)CO was temporally monitored and the associated rate constants, k(E), were extracted as a function of activating photon energy. In addition, the reaction potential energy surface was calculated at the UCCSD(T)/def2-TZVP//PBEPBE/cc-pVDZ level of theory to provide an atomistic description of the reaction profile. The decarbonylation of propionaldehyde can be understood as proceeding through parallel competitive reaction pathways that are initiated by Ni(+) insertion into either the C-C or C-H bond of the propionaldehyde carbonyl carbon. Both paths lead to the elimination of neutral ethane and are governed by submerged barriers. The lower energy sequence is a consecutive C-C/C-H addition process with a submerged barrier of 14 350 ± 600 cm(-1). The higher energy sequence is a consecutive C-H/C-C addition process with a submerged barrier of 15 400 ± 600 cm(-1). Both barriers were determined using RRKM calculations fit to the experimentally determined k(E) values. The measured energy difference between the two barriers agrees with the DFT computed difference in rate limiting transition-state energies, 18 413 and 19 495 cm(-1).
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- A Mansell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University , Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University , Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University , Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad de Vigo , 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Departamento de Quimica Organica, Universidad de Vigo , 36310, Vigo, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University , Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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Zhou S, Li J, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Breaking and Making of Carbon-Carbon Bonds by Lanthanides and Third-Row Transition Metals. Chemistry 2016; 22:3073-6. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Shaodong Zhou
- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; 10623 Berlin Germany
- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry; Jilin University; Changchun 130023 P. R. China
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; 10623 Berlin Germany
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Zhou S, Li J, Wu XN, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Au+
-vermittelte, effiziente Kupplung eines Carbenliganden mit Methan: Bildung von C2
H
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4, 6) bei Raumtemperatur. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201509320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Zhou S, Li J, Wu XN, Schlangen M, Schwarz H. Efficient Room-Temperature, Au+
-Mediated Coupling of a Carbene Ligand with Methane To Generate C2
H
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(x=
4, 6). Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 55:441-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201509320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Zhou S, Schlangen M, Li J, Wu XN, Schwarz H. Carbon-Atom Extrusion from Halobenzenes and Its Coupling with a Methylene Ligand to Form Acetylene. Chemistry 2015; 21:9629-31. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mayer P, Halvachizadeh J, Mungham A. The dehydrogenation of alcohols and hydrocarbons by atomic metal anions. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2015; 21:487-495. [PMID: 26307730 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
The reactivity of anionic metal-carbonyl systems toward hydrocarbons, alcohols and a variety of other classes of molecules is well established in the literature. In this study we explored the reactions of atomic metal anions M(-), notably K(-), Cs(-), Co(-), Fe(-), Cu(-) and Ag(-), with alcohols, alkanes, alkenes and alkynes. All of the metal anions deprotonated the alcohols and alkynes. Also observed were the subsequent reactions of the resulting organic anions. Fe(-) and Cu(-) consistently displayed mono- and bis-dehydrogenation of primary and secondary alcohols, and alkanes, alkenes and alkynes to form MH(-) and MH(2)(-). Mechanisms for the dehydrogenation reactions are proposed and substantiated with isotopically-labelled reagents and thermochemical arguments.
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- Paul Mayer
- Chemistry Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5.
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- Chemistry Department, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada K1N 6N5.
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Schwarz H. How and Why Do Cluster Size, Charge State, and Ligands Affect the Course of Metal-Mediated Gas-Phase Activation of Methane? Isr J Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.201300134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Guan W, Sayyed FB, Zeng G, Sakaki S. σ-Bond Activation of Small Molecules and Reactions Catalyzed by Transition-Metal Complexes: Theoretical Understanding of Electronic Processes. Inorg Chem 2014; 53:6444-57. [DOI: 10.1021/ic5003429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Wei Guan
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano-Nishi-hiraki-cho
34-4, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano-Nishi-hiraki-cho
34-4, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano-Nishi-hiraki-cho
34-4, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Takano-Nishi-hiraki-cho
34-4, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8103, Japan
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