Low-temperature selective oxidation of methane over distant binuclear cationic centers in zeolites

0505953 - ÚFCH JH 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Tabor, Edyta - Lemishka, Mariia - Sobalík, Zdeněk - Mlekodaj, Kinga - Andrikopoulos, Prokopis C. - Dědeček, Jiří - Sklenák, Štěpán
Low-temperature selective oxidation of methane over distant binuclear cationic centers in zeolites.
Communications Chemistry. Roč. 2, JAN 2019 (2019), č. článku 71. ISSN 2399-3669. E-ISSN 2399-3669
R&D Projects: GA ČR(CZ) GA17-00742S
Grant - others:Ga MŠk(CZ) LM2015070
Institutional support: RVO:61388955
Keywords : initio molecular dynamics * total energy calculation * N2O decomposition
OECD category: Physical chemistry
Impact factor: 4.253, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access

Highly active oxygen capable to selectively oxidize methane to methanol at low temperature can be prepared in transition-metal cation exchanged zeolites. Here we show that the α-oxygen stabilized by the negative charges of two framework aluminum atoms can be prepared by the dissociation of nitrous oxide over distant binuclear cation structures (M(II)…M(II), M = cobalt, nickel, and iron) accommodated in two adjacent 6-rings forming cationic sites in the ferrierite zeolite. This α-oxygen species is analogous to that known only for iron exchanged zeolites. In contrast to divalent iron cations, only binuclear divalent cobalt cationic structures and not isolated divalent cobalt cations are active. Created methoxy moieties are easily protonated to yield methanol, formaldehyde, and formic acid which are desorbed to the gas phase without the aid of water vapor while previous studies showed that highly stable methoxy groups were formed on isolated iron cations in iron exchanged ZSM-5 zeolites.


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