Grochala W. Orbital landscapes for reductive 2e− activation of dihydrogen molecule.
J Mol Model 2007;
13:757-67. [PMID:
17380353 DOI:
10.1007/s00894-007-0190-y]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2006] [Accepted: 02/23/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Abstract
The various spatial arrangements of frontier orbitals that may lead to facile reductive splitting of the H2 molecule at mono- or binuclear catalysts containing s, p, d or f-block metals, and on surfaces of solids are briefly reviewed. The postulation is also made that binuclear divalent titanium (Ti(II)) and mononuclear silicon (Si(II)) species might serve as active sites for the H2 attachment reaction for hydridoalanates doped with Ti salts and hydridoborates doped with SiO2, respectively.
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