Borate Accelerates Rates of Steady Oxygen–Isotope Exchange for Polyoxoniobate Ions in Water
- University of California, Davis, CA (United States); University of California
- University of California, Davis, CA (United States)
Understanding simple oxygen exchange reactions is important to a variety of communities concerned with the chemistry of oxides with water. Limitations in the methods available for studying reactions at these oxide-water interfaces, as well as difficulties in characterizing their structures, have led to the use of polyoxometalates (POMs) as model molecules. POMs are metal-oxide ions comprised of group 5 and 6 metals. These ions constitute discrete and often soluble clusters than can be spectroscopically probed with great confidence. In addition, POMs are interesting in their own right owing to their structural and chemical diversity, and are finding an increasing number of applications. We have been investigating the oxygen-isotope-exchange kinetics in these ions and aqueous solution by 17O-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to help better recognize what controls molecule-water interface processes on the level of individual oxygen sites. Furthermore, these structures are chosen because the isotope-exchange reactions could be followed separately from dissociation or condensation of the structure.
- Research Organization:
- University of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division (CSGB); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-05ER15693
- OSTI ID:
- 2544385
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 2507299
- Journal Information:
- Chemistry - A European Journal, Journal Name: Chemistry - A European Journal Journal Issue: 29 Vol. 16; ISSN 0947-6539
- Publisher:
- WileyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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