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Jing Dong1, Jufang Hu1, Yingnan Chi1
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P.R. China.
Abstract:
A novel double-anion complex, H13 [(CH3 )4 N]12 [PNb12 O40 (VV O)2 ⋅(VIV4 O12 )2 ]⋅22 H2 O (1), based on bicapped polyoxoniobate and tetranuclear polyoxovanadate was synthesized, characterized by routine techniques and used in the catalytic decontamination of chemical warfare agents. Under mild conditions, 1 catalyzes both hydrolysis of the nerve agent simulant, diethyl cyanophosphonate (DECP) and selective oxidation of the sulfur mustard simulant, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES). In the oxidative decontamination system 100 % CEES was transformed selectively to nontoxic 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfoxide and vinyl ethyl sulfoxide using nearly stoichiometric 3 % aqueous H2 O2 with a turnover frequency (TOF) of 16 000 h-1 . Importantly, the catalytic activity is maintained even after ten recycles and CEES is completely decontaminated in 3 mins without formation of the highly toxic sulfone by-product. A three-step oxidative mechanism is proposed.
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