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Methane Activation by [OsC3]+: Implications for Catalyst Design
Shihan Li1, Xiao-Nan Wu2, Shaodong Zhou1,3
1College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Chemical Engineering Manufacture Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Gas-phase reactions of [OsC3]+ with methane at ambient temperature have been studied by using quadrupole-ion trap mass spectrometry combined with quantum chemical calculations. The comparison of [OsC3]+ with the product clusters revealed significant changes in cluster reactivity. In particular, with different ligands, the cluster may produce multiple products or, alternatively, just a single product. Theoretical calculations reveal the influence of electronic features such as molecular polarity index, charge and spin distribution, and HOMO-LUMO gap on the reactivity of the Os complexes. Fundamentally, it is the polarity of the clusters that leads to the cluster reactivity in the methane activation. Furthermore, reducing the local polarity of the catalyst active site may be one means of reducing the number of byproducts in the reaction.
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