Structure and Site Evolution of Framework Ni Species in MIL-127 MOFs for Propylene Oligomerization Catalysis

Yeh, Benjamin; Chheda, Saumil; Prinslow, Steven D.; Hoffman, Adam S.; Hong, Jiyun; Perez-Aguilar, Jorge E.; Bare, Simon R.; Lu, Connie C.; Gagliardi, Laura; Bhan, Aditya

doi:10.1021/jacs.2c10551

Structure and Site Evolution of Framework Ni Species in MIL-127 MOFs for Propylene Oligomerization Catalysis

Journal Article · Tue Jan 31 23:00:00 EST 2023 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.2c10551· OSTI ID:1992372

Yeh, Benjamin ^[1]; Chheda, Saumil ^[2]; Prinslow, Steven D. ^[2]; ^[3]; Hong, Jiyun ^[3]; Perez-Aguilar, Jorge E. ^[3]; Bare, Simon R. ^[3]; ^[2]; ^[4]; ^[2]

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN (United States); SLAC
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
University of Chicago, IL (United States)

A mixed-valence oxotrimer metal–organic framework (MOF), Ni-MIL-127, with a fully coordinated nickel atom and two iron atoms in the inorganic node, generates a missing linker defect upon thermal treatment in helium (>473 K) to engender an open coordination site on nickel which catalyzes propylene oligomerization devoid of any cocatalysts or initiators. This catalyst is stable for ~20 h on stream at 500 kPa and 473 K, unprecedented for this chemistry. The number of missing linkers on synthesized and activated Ni-MIL-127 MOFs is quantified using temperature-programmed oxidation, ¹H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy to be ~0.7 missing linkers per nickel; thus, a majority of Ni species in the MOF framework catalyze propylene oligomerization. In situ NO titrations under reaction conditions enumerate ~62% of the nickel atoms as catalytically relevant to validate the defect density upon thermal treatment. Propylene oligomerization rates on Ni-MIL-127 measured at steady state have activation energies of 55–67 kJ mol^–1 from 448 to 493 K and are first-order in propylene pressures from 5 to 550 kPa. Density functional theory calculations on cluster models of Ni-MIL-127 are employed to validate the plausibility of the missing linker defect and the Cossee–Arlman mechanism for propylene oligomerization through comparisons between apparent activation energies from steady-state kinetics and computation. Here this study illustrates how MOF precatalysts engender defective Ni species which exhibit reactivity and stability characteristics that are distinct and can be engineered to improve catalytic activity for olefin oligomerization.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0012702

OSTI ID:: 1992372

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 145; ISSN 0002-7863

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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