Anafcheh M, Naderi F, Khodadadi Z, Ektefa F, Ghafouri R, Zahedi M. Computational study for the circular redox reaction of N
2O with CO catalyzed by fullerometallic cations C
60Fe
+ and C
70Fe<sup/>.
J Mol Graph Model 2017;
72:50-57. [PMID:
28063311 DOI:
10.1016/j.jmgm.2016.12.016]
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Abstract
We applied density functional calculations to study the circular redox reaction mechanism of N2O with CO catalyzed by fullerometallic cations C60Fe+ and C70Fe+. The on-top sites of six-membered rings (η6) of fullerene cages are the most preferred binding sites for Fe+ cation, and the hexagon to pentagon migration of Fe+ is unlikely under ambient thermodynamic conditions. The initial ion/molecule reaction, N2O rearrangement and N2 abstraction on the considered fullerometallic cations are easier than those on the bare Fe+ cation in the gas phase. Generally, our results indicate that fullerometallic ions, C60Fe+ and C70Fe+, are more favorable substrates for redox reaction of N2O with CO in comparison to the other previously studied carbon nanostructures such as graphene and nanotubes.
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