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Molecular Rhodium Complexes Supported on the Metal-Oxide-Like Nodes of Metal Organic Frameworks and on Zeolite HY: Catalysts for Ethylene Hydrogenation and Dimerization

Journal Article · · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
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  1. Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Minnesota Supercomputing Inst.
  2. Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with nodes consisting of zirconium oxide clusters (Zr6) offer new opportunities as supports for catalysts with well-defined, essentially molecular, structures. We used the precursor Rh(C2H4)2(acac) (acac is acetylacetonate) to anchor Rh(I) complexes to the nodes of the MOF UiO-67 and, for comparison, to the zeolite dealuminated HY (DAY). These were characterized experimentally by measurement of catalytic activities and selectivities for ethylene hydrogenation and dimerization in a once-through flow reactor at 298 K and 1 bar. The catalyst performance data are complemented with structural information determined by infrared and extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopies and by calculations at the level of density functional theory, the latter carried out also to extend the investigation to a related MOF, NU-1000. The agreement between the experimental and calculated structural metrics is good, and the calculations have led to predictions of reaction mechanisms and associated energetics. Finally, the data demonstrate a correlation between the catalytic activity and selectivity and the electron-donor tendency of the supported rhodium (as measured by the frequencies of CO ligands bonded as probes to the Rh(I) centers), which is itself a measure of the electron-donor tendency of the support.
Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Energy Frontier Research Center for Inorganometallic Catalyst Design (ICDC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; SC0012702
OSTI ID:
1469880
Journal Information:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 39 Vol. 9; ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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