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Structural characterisation of supported Rh(CO)2/gam-Al2O3 catalysts by periodic DFT calculations

Structural characterisation of supported Rh(CO)2/gam-Al2O3 catalysts by periodic DFT calculations
Structural characterisation of supported Rh(CO)2/gam-Al2O3 catalysts by periodic DFT calculations
Microscopic structures of monodispersed rhodium dicarbonyl species chemisorbed on a ceramic metal-oxide support (?-alumina) have been obtained by density functional theory (DFT) calculations with periodic boundary conditions applied. Several minimum energy structures of species were obtained and their relative energies indicate that, in the most energetically stable geometry, the rhodium atom is coordinated in a square-planar environment and forms a four-membered Rh–O–Al–O ring, with one Al atom octahedrally coordinated. Another docking geometry, close lying in energy, also has a square-planar coordination for the rhodium atom and involves a six-membered Rh–O–Al–O–Al–O ring with one Al octahedrally coordinated and one Al tetrahedrally coordinated. Computed bond lengths were found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental bond lengths as determined by EXAFS spectroscopy. Theoretical Rh K-edge XANES spectra suggest that the pre-edge region probes electronic states localized on the RhI(CO)2 unit, while postedge features probe the electronic states arising from the RhI(CO)2 interaction with the support, which partly depends on the docking geometry of the RhI(CO)2 units.
1932-7447
19464-19470
Dyke, John M.
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Roscioni, Otello Maria
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Evans, John
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Dyke, John M.
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Roscioni, Otello Maria
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Evans, John
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Dyke, John M., Roscioni, Otello Maria and Evans, John (2013) Structural characterisation of supported Rh(CO)2/gam-Al2O3 catalysts by periodic DFT calculations. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (38), 19464-19470. (doi:10.1021/jp405549k).

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Microscopic structures of monodispersed rhodium dicarbonyl species chemisorbed on a ceramic metal-oxide support (?-alumina) have been obtained by density functional theory (DFT) calculations with periodic boundary conditions applied. Several minimum energy structures of species were obtained and their relative energies indicate that, in the most energetically stable geometry, the rhodium atom is coordinated in a square-planar environment and forms a four-membered Rh–O–Al–O ring, with one Al atom octahedrally coordinated. Another docking geometry, close lying in energy, also has a square-planar coordination for the rhodium atom and involves a six-membered Rh–O–Al–O–Al–O ring with one Al octahedrally coordinated and one Al tetrahedrally coordinated. Computed bond lengths were found to be in reasonable agreement with experimental bond lengths as determined by EXAFS spectroscopy. Theoretical Rh K-edge XANES spectra suggest that the pre-edge region probes electronic states localized on the RhI(CO)2 unit, while postedge features probe the electronic states arising from the RhI(CO)2 interaction with the support, which partly depends on the docking geometry of the RhI(CO)2 units.

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Published date: 29 August 2013
Organisations: Computational Systems Chemistry

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Local EPrints ID: 359940
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/359940
ISSN: 1932-7447
PURE UUID: 636f0def-47b0-4932-8af0-13fbf8a70b07
ORCID for John M. Dyke: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9808-303X

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Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:35

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Author: Otello Maria Roscioni
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