13C chemical shifts of propane molecules encaged in structure II clathrate hydrate

Experimental NMR measurements for (13)C chemical shifts of propane molecules encaged in 16-hedral cages of structure II clathrate hydrate were conducted to investigate the effects of guest-host interaction of pure propane clathrate on the (13)C chemical shifts of propane guests. Experimental (13)C NMR measurements revealed that the clathrate hydration of propane reverses the (13)C chemical shifts of methyl and methylene carbons in propane guests to gaseous propane at room temperature and atmospheric pressure or isolated propane, suggesting a change in magnetic environment around the propane guest by the clathrate hydration. Inversion of the (13)C chemical shifts of propane clathrate suggests that the deshielding effect of the water cage on the methyl carbons of the propane molecule encaged in the 16-hedral cage is greater than that on its methylene carbon.     

负载型钒基催化剂上丙烷的临氧活化转化

用ＴＰＳＲ（程序升湿表面反应）－ＴＲ（ＦＴ）ＩＲ技术,研究临氧条件下丙烷负载型钒基催化剂上的活化和转化,并与催化剂的可不原性和表面酸性相关联,丙烷氧化脱氢生成丙烯与深度氧化生成ＣＯｘ的起始反应温度相同;而裂解产物Ｃ２Ｈ４和ＣＨ４的生成温度比丙烷氧化脱氢生成丙烯的高得多,可能主要源于丙烷的高温气相裂解,催化剂的表面酸性位和强的可还原性,有利于丙烷中Ｃ－Ｈ键的活化和临氧转化,降低起以攻提高丙烷转化率,     

ZnHZSM-5上丙烷芳构化的研究─丙烷的活化

研究了HZSM－5、ZnHZSM－5和ZnNaZSM－5上的羟基振动光谱和一氧化碳吸附的红外光谱，以及丙烷的芳构化反应．红外光谱中发现表征强B酸的3610cm－1羟基振动峰相对强度由于锌离子的引入和浸渍氢氧化钠而减小，说明了锌离子和钠离子均进入了分子筛的阳离子位；一氧化碳在锌离子上的吸附峰位在2232cm－1，说明进入阳离子位的锌离子是一种强L酸．反应结果表明，锌离子的引入大大地促进了丙烷的转化和芳烃选择性的提高；在一定范围内，随浸渍氢氧化钠量的增加，丙烷转化率下降，而丙烯的选择性和产率增加，说明了锌组份直接参与了丙烷的脱氢过程．Zn－L酸是丙烷活化脱氢的中心，丙烷在该中心上异裂活化直接脱氢．     

模拟吸附在狭缝微孔中的丙烷的微观结构

用巨正则系综MonteCarlo（GCEMC）方法模拟了活性碳孔吸附丙烷时的微观结构．在GCEMC模拟中,非极性丙烷分子采用单点LJ球状分子模型,狭缝活性碳孔墙采用10－4-3势能模型．在温度T＝134．3K下,模拟并观察到了丙烷分子在狭缝活性碳孔中的吸附、脱附以及毛细凝聚现象,得到了吸附等温线和孔中流体的局部密度轮廓图．从分子水平出发,详细分析了吸附、毛细冷凝时孔中流体的微观结构,为认识、理解吸附的微观机理提供了工具与借鉴．     

Propane σ‐Complexes on PdO(101): Spectroscopic Evidence of the Selective Coordination and Activation of Primary CH Bonds

Achieving selective C? H bond cleavage is critical for developing catalytic processes that transform small alkanes to value‐added products. The present study clarifies the molecular‐level origin for an exceptionally strong preference for propane to dissociate on the crystalline PdO(101) surface via primary C? H bond cleavage. Using reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we show that adsorbed propane σ‐complexes preferentially adopt geometries on PdO(101) in which only primary C? H bonds datively interact with the surface Pd atoms at low propane coverages and are thus activated under typical catalytic reaction conditions. We show that a propane molecule achieves maximum stability on PdO(101) by adopting a bidentate geometry in which a H? Pd dative bond forms at each CH₃ group. These results demonstrate that structural registry between the molecule and surface can strongly influence the selectivity of a metal oxide surface in activating alkane C? H bonds.     

Propane σ‐Complexes on PdO(101): Spectroscopic Evidence of the Selective Coordination and Activation of Primary C?H Bonds

Achieving selective C H bond cleavage is critical for developing catalytic processes that transform small alkanes to value‐added products. The present study clarifies the molecular‐level origin for an exceptionally strong preference for propane to dissociate on the crystalline PdO(101) surface via primary C H bond cleavage. Using reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we show that adsorbed propane σ‐complexes preferentially adopt geometries on PdO(101) in which only primary C H bonds datively interact with the surface Pd atoms at low propane coverages and are thus activated under typical catalytic reaction conditions. We show that a propane molecule achieves maximum stability on PdO(101) by adopting a bidentate geometry in which a H Pd dative bond forms at each CH₃ group. These results demonstrate that structural registry between the molecule and surface can strongly influence the selectivity of a metal oxide surface in activating alkane C H bonds.     

ZnHZSM-5上丙烷芳构化的研究-丙烷的活化

研究了HZSM－5、ZnHZSM－5和ZnNaZSM－5上的羟基振动光谱和一氧化碳吸附的红外光谱，以及丙烷的芳构化反应．红外光谱中发现表征强B酸的3610cm－1羟基振动峰相对强度由于锌离子的引入和浸渍氢氧化钠而减小，说明了锌离子和钠离子均进入了分子筛的阳离子位；一氧化碳在锌离子上的吸附峰位在2232cm－1，说明进入阳离子位的锌离子是一种强L酸．反应结果表明，锌离子的引入大大地促进了丙烷的转化和芳烃选择性的提高；在一定范围内，随浸渍氢氧化钠量的增加，丙烷转化率下降，而丙烯的选择性和产率增加，说明了锌组份直接参与了丙烷的脱氢过程．Zn－L酸是丙烷活化脱氢的中心，丙烷在该中心上异裂活化直接脱氢．     

Quantum chemical study of mechanisms for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane on vanadium oxide

We have carried out a hybrid density functional study of mechanisms for oxidative dehydrogenation of propane on the (010) surface of V2O5. The surface was modeled using both vanadium oxide clusters and a periodic slab. We have investigated a Mars-van Krevelen mechanism that involves stepwise adsorption of the propane at an oxygen site followed by desorption of a water molecule and propene, and subsequent adsorption of an oxygen molecule to complete the catalytic cycle. The potential energy surface is found to have large barriers, which are lowered somewhat when the possibility of a triplet state is considered. The barriers for propane adsorption and propene elimination are 45-60 kcal/mol. The highest energy on the potential energy surface at the B3LYP/6-31G* level of theory is about 80 kcal/mol above the energy of the reactants and corresponds to formation of an oxygen vacancy after water elimination. Subsequent addition of an oxygen molecule to fill the vacancy is predicted to be energetically downhill. The reactions of propane at a bridging oxygen site and at a vanadyl site have similar energetics. The key results of the cluster calculations are confirmed by periodic calculations. Factors that may lower the barriers on the potential energy surface, including the interaction of vanadium oxide clusters with a support material and a concerted reaction with O2, are discussed.     

Gas hydrate single-crystal structure analyses

The first single-crystal diffraction studies on methane, propane, methane/propane, and adamantane gas hydrates SI, SII, and SH have been performed. To circumvent the problem of very slow crystal growth, a novel technique of in situ cocrystallization of gases and liquids resulting in oligocrystalline material in a capillary has been developed. With special data treatment, termed oligo diffractometry, structural data of the gas hydrates of methane, acetylene, propane, a propane/ethanol/methane-mixture and an adamantane/methane-mixture were obtained. Cell parameters are in accord with reported values. Host network and guest are subject to extensive disorder, reducing the reliability of structural information. It was found that most cages are fully occupied by a guest molecule with the exception of the dodecahedral cage in the acetylene hydrate which is only filled to 60%. For adamantane in the icosahedral cage a disordered model is proposed.     

Quantum-chemical simulation of the adsorption and catalytic processes in a pore of the NaX-type zeolite

In terms of density functional theory, we perform quantum-chemical calculations of variations in the energetic and structural characteristics of methanol, benzene, and propane molecules as they are adsorbed in a pore of the NaX-type zeolite and on a fragment of its cavity. The position of benzene, alcohol, or propane molecules near the Na cation is the most energetically favorable; in addition, the alcohol molecule forms a hydrogen bond with the oxygen bridge of the zeolite. If two alcohol molecules are adsorbed, they also are localized near the Na cation and form an intermolecular hydrogen bond. A comparative simulation of the catalysis of the propane dehydration reaction in a cavity of NaX-type zeolite and on its fragment is performed; the effect of the steric factors on the simulation results is analyzed.     

In situ infrared spectroscopic studies on the mechanism of the selective catalytic reduction of NO by C3H8 over Ga2O3/Al2O3: high efficiency of the reducing agent

The partial oxidation of propane and the mechanism of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO by propane over Ga2O3/Al2O3 in excess of O2 have been investigated using in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. An optimized Ga2O3/Al2O3 catalyst shows high activity and efficiency of the reducing agent propane (100% conversion of NO at 623 K, GHSV: 10,000 h(-1)). One molecule of propane converts more than 4 NO molecules to N2. The reaction starts with the partial oxidation of C3H8 by O2 and carboxylates (acetate, formate) are formed on the catalyst surface above 573 K. This oxidation represents the rate-determining step of the SCR reaction. These surface carboxylates represent a dominating intermediate and (easily) react with (adsorbed) NO forming nitrogen-containing organic species. The latter are proposed to react with NO to form N2. Total oxidation of propane was enhanced at temperatures above 773 K leading to decreased reductant efficiency. Surface nitrite and nitrate species can also be observed, but they were found to be spectators only. This could be concluded from the electron balance (conversion of propane relative to NO) and from the relative rates of the single reaction steps. On the basis of these investigations and stoichiometric calculations, a conclusive reaction mechanism is proposed.     

Estimation of the absolute internal-rotation entropy of molecules with two torsional degrees of freedom from stochastic simulations

A method of statistical estimation is applied to the problem of evaluating the absolute entropy of internal rotation in a molecule with two torsional degrees of freedom. The configurational part of the entropy is obtained as that of the joint probability density of an arbitrary form represented by a two-dimensional Fourier series, the coefficients of which are statistically estimated using a sample of the torsional angles of the molecule obtained by a stochastic simulation. The internal rotors in the molecule are assumed to be attached to a common frame, and their reduced moments of inertia are initially calculated as functions of the two torsional angles, but averaged over all the remaining internal degrees of freedom using the stochastic-simulation sample of the atomic configurations of the molecule. The torsional-angle dependence of the reduced moments of inertia can be also averaged out, and the absolute internal-rotation entropy of the molecule is obtained in a good approximation as the sum of the configurational entropy and a kinetic contribution fully determined by the averaged reduced moments of inertia. The method is illustrated using Monte Carlo simulations of isomers of stilbene and halogenated derivatives of propane. The two torsional angles in cis-stilbene are found to be much more strongly correlated than those in trans-stilbene, while the degree of the angular correlation in propane increases strongly on substitution of hydrogen atoms with chlorine.     

Cationic DMPC/DMTAP lipid bilayers: local lateral polarization of phosphatidylcholine headgroups

We investigated the effect of dimyristoyltrimethylammonium propane (DMTAP) charge on area per molecule of mixed DMTAP/dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) bilayers in a simple model. Assuming that trimethylammonium (TAP) charge causes lateral polarization of neighboring PC molecules, we analyzed variation in area per molecule as the mole fraction of TAP increases. The theoretical predictions obtained in the present study are consistent with results of a recent molecular dynamics simulation study (Gurtovenko et al. Biophys. J. 2004, 86, 3461).     

VO3/CeO2(111)催化剂上丙烷氧化脱氢反应活性和选择性的密度泛函理论研究

低碳烯烃一直以来都是化工行业非常重要的基础原料,一般采用烷烃直接热裂解制得,但该方法耗能很大,经济价值有限.近年来,人们开始尝试利用氧化脱氢反应(ODH)方法制备低碳烯烃,并取得了巨大的研究进展,其中稀土氧化物负载钒氧化物催化剂具有良好的低碳烷烃氧化脱氢性能.本文分析了前人对于钒氧化物负载在CeO2表面的计算研究结果,并选取了最具代表性的VO3/CeO2(111)作为烷烃ODH制烯烃的模型催化剂,详细研究了丙烷在该催化剂体系中发生ODH反应机理.通过使用密度泛函理论,对丙烷在VO3/CeO2(111)催化剂上断裂第一根和第二根碳氢键的反应过程进行了理论模拟,并对比了丙烷制丙烯中碳氢键断裂先后的活化能及VO3/CeO2(111)催化剂材料自身的电子性质.结果表明,该催化剂的电子结构在丙烷氧化脱氢反应中扮演关键角色.在丙烷分子断裂第一根碳氢键的反应过程中,会产生两个自由电子,对其电子结构分析发现,其中的一个自由电子会局域在由VO3/CeO2(111)催化剂中五个相关氧原子的2p轨道所形成的新发生局域空轨道(NELS)上,这个独特的新发生局域空轨道只能接受一个电子,另一个电子则会通过丙基在CeO2表面发生吸附将电子传递到CeO2表面的Ce原子上;当丙烷分子进一步发生第二根碳氢键断裂反应时,同样会产生两个新的局域电子,其中一个电子局域在Ce的4f轨道上,此时CeO2表面存在两个局域电子,相互排斥,导致该催化剂上丙烷断裂第二根碳氢键所需的活化能远高于第一根碳氢键.综上,本文对VO3/CeO2(111)催化剂上低碳烷烃ODH反应独特的催化活性和选择性给出了较为细致的分析和解释.     

Transferability of modified atomic orbitals

The modified atomic orbital basis set determined for molecular orbital calculations on a given molecule is shown to be transferable to other molecules. This transferability is examined using the modified atomic orbital basis set determined for the carbon atom in methane for calculations on ethane, propane, butane, cyclohexane, acetylene, ethylene and benzene.     

Intermolecular hydrogen transfer between guest species in small and large cages of methane + propane mixed gas hydrates

To investigate the molecular interaction between guest species inside of the small and large cages of methane + propane mixed gas hydrates, thermal stabilities of the methyl radical (possibly induced in small cages) and the normal propyl and isopropyl radicals (induced in large cages) were investigated by means of electron spin resonance measurements. The increase of the total amount of the normal propyl and isopropyl radicals reveals that the methyl radical in the small cage withdraws one hydrogen atom from the propane molecule enclathrated in the adjacent large cage of the structure-II hydrate. A guest species in a hydrate cage has the ability to interact closely with the other one in the adjacent cages. The clathrate hydrate may be utilized as a possible nanoscale reaction field.     

Mechanism studies of the conversion of 13C-labeled n-butane on zeolite H-ZSM-5 by using 13C magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy and GC-MS analysis

By using 13C MAS NMR spectroscopy (MAS = magic angle spinning), the conversion of selectively 13C-labeled n-butane on zeolite H-ZSM-5 at 430-470 K has been demonstrated to proceed through two pathways: 1) scrambling of the selective 13C-label in the n-butane molecule, and 2) oligomerization-cracking and conjunct polymerization. The latter processes (2) produce isobutane and propane simultaneously with alkyl-substituted cyclopentenyl cations and condensed aromatic compounds. In situ 13C MAS NMR and complementary ex situ GC-MS data provided evidence for a monomolecular mechanism of the 13C-label scrambling, whereas both isobutane and propane are formed through intermolecular pathways. According to 13C MAS NMR kinetic measurements, both pathways proceed with nearly the same activation energies (E(a) = 75 kJ mol(-1) for the scrambling and 71 kJ mol(-1) for isobutane and propane formation). This can be rationalized by considering the intermolecular hydride transfer between a primarily initiated carbenium ion and n-butane as being the rate-determining stage of the n-butane conversion on zeolite H-ZSM-5.     

Adsorption and diffusion of propane and propylene in Ag+-impregnated MCM-41

Equilibrium data and diffusion characteristics of propane and propylene were determined on mesoporous adsorbents modified with an organic molecule (APTES) and/or impregnated with AgNO₃, in order to obtain a separation by adsorption via π-complexation. Adsorption capacities were determined by a gravimetric technique, while diffusion characteristics were evaluated by the ZLC technique. The equilibrium isotherms data showed that the modification with an organic molecule will weaken the π-interaction between Ag⁺ and double C=C bond. On the other hand slightly higher adsorption capacities for propylene (about 1.5 mol/kg) were obtained for the sample prepared by a direct impregnation with larger amounts of AgNO₃ (M4 sample). Diffusion runs confirmed that the propane desorption rate on M4 sample was much higher compared to propylene. This evidence leads to a potential application of that adsorbent material for a kinetic separation.     

Propane activation by MC5H5 (M = Ni and Co): An experimental and theoretical work

The reactions of MC₅H⁺₅ (M = Ni and Co) with propane in gaseous phase have been studied with an ion trap mass spectrometer; the MC₅H⁺₅ ions are able to activate the propane molecule which undergoes a dehydrogenation reaction. At variance with the reactions of the bare metal ions no loss of methane is observed; the reaction mechanism has been explored by means of DFT calculations and a possible explanation is offered for the different reactivity of these ligated ions.     

Mayer-sampling Monte Carlo calculations of uniquely flexible contributions to virial coefficients

We present methods for computing contributions to the virial coefficients uniquely associated with molecular flexibility, and we demonstrate their use with application to the third, fourth, and fifth virial coefficients of united-atom models of linear alkanes and methanol belonging to the suite of transferrable potentials for phase equilibria (TraPPE-UA). We find that these uniquely flexible contributions are more difficult to compute than the remainder of the coefficient, especially for the conditions at which they appear to be most important. The significance of these contributions relative to the full virial coefficient grows with the number of sites (the size of the molecule), the number of molecules, and, to a certain extent, the temperature. The nature of the site-site interactions is of great importance: the significance of the uniquely flexible contribution at third and fourth order is orders of magnitude larger for TraPPE-UA methanol, which has Coulombic interactions, than for TraPPE-UA propane, which does not, even though both models have three sites per molecule and comparable bending potentials. While the uniquely flexible contribution of TraPPE-UA propane has a negligible impact on its third-order virial-equation-of-state estimate of the critical point, the uniquely flexible contribution of TraPPE-UA methanol increases this estimate of its critical pressure by about 5%.