Adsorption of CO2 on CoII3[CoIII(CN)6]2 using DRIFTS

Adsorption of CO(2) on dehydrated Prussian blue analogue Co(II)(3)[Co(III)(CN)(6)](2) was studied using diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS). An infrared peak at 2340 cm(-1) assigned to adsorbed CO(2) was identified and used semi-quantitatively to construct an isotherm at 298 K that followed the Langmuir-Freundlich equation in the low-coverage Henry's law limit with CO(2) pressure below about 25 kPa. Temperature-dependence at 6.8 kPa CO(2) was used to determine DeltaH(ad)=-23+/-3 kJ mol(-1), in this limit as well. Deviation from the Langmuir-Freundlich model was significant at temperatures above 298 K and attributed primarily to a loss of reliability of the DRIFT spectra at higher CO(2) pressures, particularly at higher temperatures, and the accompanying uncertainties in the difference spectra when correcting for the presence of gaseous CO(2). Based on this work, the application of DRIFTS to study CO(2) adsorption on Prussian blue analogues and other adsorbents is promising, although the range of conditions over which it can be applied appears to be more limited than with other techniques.

Catalytic disproportionation of N-alkylhydroxylamines bound to pentacyanoferrates

The substituted hydroxylamines, CH(3)N(H)OH (N-methylhydroxylamine) and (CH(3))(2)NOH (N,N-dimethylhydroxylamine), disproportionate catalytically to the corresponding alkylamines and oxidation products, only in the presence of [Fe(CN)(5)H(2)O](3-). Substitution kinetic measurements suggest an initial coordination step to Fe(ii). Two parallel N- and O-coordination modes are considered with the subsequent formation of Fe(iii), free aminyl (RNCH(3)) and nitroxide (RN(CH(3))O) radicals (R = H, CH(3)). With CH(3)N(H)OH, bound nitrosomethane, CH(3)NO, has been characterized by UV-visible and IR spectroscopies. The mechanism is discussed on the basis of common and differential features with respect to the disproportionation of hydroxylamine catalyzed by the same Fe-fragment.