Screening performance of methane activation over atomically dispersed metal catalysts on defective boron nitride monolayers:A density functional theory study

Methane(CH_4) controllable activation is the key process for CH_4 upgrading,which is sensitive to the surface oxygen species.The high thermal conductivity and superb thermal stability of the hexagonal boron nitride(h-BN) sheet makes a single transition metal atom doped hexagonal boron nitride monolayer(TM-BN) possible to be a promising material for catalyzing methane partial oxidation.The performances of 24 TM-BNs for CH_4 activation are systematically investigated during the CH_4 oxidation by means of first-principles computation.The calculation results unravel the periodic va riation trends for the stability of TM-BN,the adsorption strength and the kind of O_2 species,and the resulting CH_4 activation performance on TM-BNs.The formed peroxide O_2~(2-)of which the O-O bond could be broken and O-anions are found to be reactive oxygen species for CH_4 activation under the mild conditions.It is found that the redox potential of TM center,including its valence electron number,coordination environment,and the work function of TM-BN,is the underlying reason for the formation of different oxygen species and the resulting activity for CH_4 oxidative dehydrogenation.     

Reactions of Group V Metal Atoms with Hydrogen Sulfide:Argon Matrix Infrared Spectra and Theoretical Calculations

The reaction of laser-ablated vanadium, niobium and tantalum atoms with hydrogen sulfide has been investigated using matrix isolation FTIR and theoretical calculations. The metal atoms inserted into the H-S bond of H₂S to form the HMSH molecules (M=V, Nb, Ta), which rearranged to H₂MS molecules on annealing for Nb and Ta. The HMSH molecule can also further react with another H₂S to form the H₂M(SH)₂ molecules. These new molecules were identified on the basis of the D₂S and H₂³⁴S isotopic substitutions. DFT (B3LYP and BPW91) theoretical calculations are used to predict energies, geometries, and vibrational frequencies for these novel metal dihydrido complexes and molecules. Reaction mechanism for formation of group V dihydrido complex was investigated by DFT internal reaction coordinate calculations. The dissociation of HVSH gave VS+H₂ on broad band irradiation and reverse reaction happened on annealing. Based on B3LYP calculation releasing hydrogen from HVSH is endothermic only by 13.5 kcal/mol with lower energy barrier of 16.9 kcal/mol.     

Bonding analysis and electronic structure of transition metal-benzoquinoline complexes: A theoretical study

The geometric and electronic structures of a series of hypothetical compounds of the types CpM(C₁₃H₉N) and (CO)₃M(C₁₃H₉N) (M = first row transition metal and C₁₃H₉N = 7,8-benzoquinoline) have been investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT). The benzoquinoline ligand can bind to the metal through η¹-η⁶ coordination modes, adopting structures of types a, b and c, in agreement with the electron count and the nature of the metal. In the investigated species, the most favored closed-shell count is 18-MVE, except for the Ti and V models which prefer the open-shell 16-MVE configuration. This study has shown the difference in the coordination ability of this heteropolycyclic ligand and coordination of the inner C₆ ring is less favored than the outer C₆ and C₅N rings, in agreement with the π-electron density localization.     

Cobalt ferrite for direct cracking of methane to produce hydrogen and carbon nanostructure: Effect of temperature and methane flow rate

Cobalt ferrite (CoFe₂O₄) was used as a catalyst for direct methane cracking. The reaction was accomplished in a fixed bed reactor at normal atmospheric pressure, while gas flow rate (20–50 mL/min) and reaction temperature (800–900 °C) were varied. The fresh CoFe₂O₄ morphology is sponge-like particle with inverse spinel structure as revealed from SEM and XRD results. The methane conversions and hydrogen formation rate were increased with reaction temperature, while catalyst stability and induction period decreased. Increases of gas flow rate > 20 mL/min led to a decrease the overall catalytic activity of CoFe₂O₄ for methane cracking. The XRD results of spent catalysts revealed that CoFe alloy was the active phase of methane cracking. TGA analysis showed that the largest amount of deposited carbon was 70.46 % at (20 mL/min, 900 °C), where it was 34.40 % at (50 mL/min, 800 °C). The deposited carbon has the shape of spherical carbon nanostructures and/or nano sprouts as observed with SEM. Raman data confirmed the graphitization type of the deposited carbon.     

Theoretical investigation of the coordination of dibenzazepine to transition-metal complexes: A DFT study

DFT calculations with full geometry optimizations have been carried out on a series of hypothetical compounds of the CpM(C₁₄NH₁₁) and (CO)₃M(C₁₄NH₁₁) (M = transition metal and C₁₄NH₁₁ = dibenzazepine ligand) type. A rationalization of the bonding in hypothetical complexes is provided. Depending on the electron count and the nature of the metal, the dibenzazepine ligand can bind to the metal through the η¹, η², η³, η⁴ , η⁵, η⁶ , or η⁷ coordination mode adopting structures of types a or b. In the investigated species, the most favored closed-shell count is 18-MVE except for the Sc and V models which prefer the 16-MVE configuration.     

6-甲基-4-羟基嘧啶单体及二聚体质子转移过程的理论研究

应用密度泛函理论的B3LYP/6-311+G(d)方法研究了6-甲基-4-羟基嘧啶单体及二聚体质子转移的异构化反应.对反应势能面的研究发现,该化含物可能存在9种单体异构体,对其最稳定的单体构型进行分析.各单体间异构化反应的过渡态共有9种,反应的活化能最小为22.06 kJ/mol,最大为356.55 kJ/mol,最可能的反应路径在室温下即可进行. 研究了2种二聚体及其异构化反应的过渡态,发现二聚体均比其对应的单体稳定,而且质子转移所需要的活化能仅为20.13 kJ/mol,比单体低很多. 氢键在这种变化中起了主要作用,由单体和二聚体的总能量计算了氢键的键能.     

Computational study of methane functionalization by a multiply bonded, Ni-bis(phosphine) complex

A computational chemistry study of nickel-catalyzed group transfer to methane is presented. Two mechanisms were evaluated: a one-step mechanism involving [1+2] insertion of E into the C-H bond of methane, and a two-step [2_π + 2_σ] mechanism involving addition of the C-H bond of methane across the NiE bond to a square planar Ni^II intermediate, followed by C-E reductive elimination. Analysis of the energetics for the different mechanistic steps implies a possible competition between the two mechanisms for carbene transfer. For nitrene transfer, the [1+2] pathway is predicted to be the preferred route. Finally, for phosphinidene transfer, the [2_π + 2_σ] mechanism is calculated to be the preferred mechanism. The two mechanisms studied - [1+2] and [2_π + 2_σ] - entail exothermic individual reactions, coupled with reasonable enthalpic barriers. Furthermore, regeneration of the catalyst active species by reaction with a group transfer reagent XE is highly exothermic. The calculations thus indicate that (P ∼ P)NiE (P ∼ P denotes a chelating bis-phosphine ligand) deserve consideration as plausible starting points in the search for improved hydrocarbon functionalization catalysts.     

Hydrogen and dihydrogen bonding of transition metal hydrides

Intermolecular interactions between a prototypical transition metal hydride WH(CO)₂NO(PH₃)₂ and a small proton donor H₂O have been studied using DFT methodology. The hydride, nitrosyl and carbonyl ligand have been considered as site of protonation. Further, DFT-D calculations in which empirical corrections for the dispersion energy are included, have been carried out. A variety of pure and hybrid density functionals (BP86, PW91, PBE, BLYP, OLYP, B3LYP, B1PW91, PBE0, X3LYP) have been considered, and our calculations indicate the PBE functional and its hybrid variation are well suited for the calculation of transition metal hydride hydrogen and dihydrogen bonding. Dispersive interactions make up for a sizeable portion of the intermolecular interaction, and amount to 20–30% of the bond energy and to 30–40% of the bond enthalpy. An energy decomposition analysis reveals that the H?H bond of transition metal hydrides contains both covalent and electrostatic contributions.     

Hydride abstraction of methylamine with Cu(S) in the gas phase: A density functional theory study

The gas-phase hydride abstraction of methylamine with Cu⁺(¹S) is theoretically investigated by using density functional theory. Geometries for all the stationary points involved are fully optimized at both the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) and B3LYP/6-311++G(3df,2p) levels and the reaction is analyzed in terms of the topology of potential energy surface. Approach of Cu⁺ towards methylamine could form either “classical” N or “nonclassical” η¹-methyl-H attached complex with the former being the global minimum. Both complexes are found to be key intermediates for the hydride abstraction, which could transfer into each other via two parallel routes, i.e., concerted metal movement and stepwise C-H activation-rearrangement. A charge-transfer process is detected for the “nonclassical” complex converting to a precursor species (CuH-NH₂CH₂⁺), which accounts for the final products by a nonreactive dissociation.     

Syntheses and structures of mononuclear and binuclear transition metal complexes (Cu,Zn, Ni) with (salicylideneglycine and imidazole)

Four transition metal (Cu(II), Zn(II) and Ni(II)) complexes with a Schiff-base ligand (salicylideneglycine) have been synthesized. All complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR spectra and UV-vis spectroscopy. Single-crystal analyses were performed with (C₉H₇NO₃)Cu(C₃H₄N₂) (1), (C₉H₇NO₃)Zn(C₃H₄N₂)₂ (2), (C₉H₇NO₃)₂Ni₂(C₃H₄N₂)₄ (3) and (C₉H₇NO₃)Ni(C₃H₄N₂)₂(C₄H₅N₂O) · CH₃OH · 0.5H₂O (4) and fluorescence spectra and thermogravimetric analyses were also carried out. Structural analyses show that 1, 2 and 4 have similar coordinated modes with the tridentate amino-Schiff-base ligand, but differ from the binuclear nickel complex 3. The tridentate amino-Schiff-base ligand contains aliphatic nitrogen, phenoxy, and carboxylic oxygen as three donor atoms. In addition, inter- and intra-molecular hydrogen bonds are also discussed.     

锶掺杂对氧化镧催化甲烷氧化偶联反应的影响

甲烷氧化偶联反应(OCM)是天然气直接转化利用的重要途径之一.该反应通过甲烷和氧气在催化剂作用下一步将甲烷直接转化为乙烯等具有高附加值的产品,避免了涉及高能耗过程的合成气间接路径,不仅有可能减少中间副产物的生成,还有可能大大提升整个过程的能源利用效率.因此,研究OCM反应具有十分重要的实际意义.目前氧化镧基催化剂具有良好的催化活性、产物选择性和热稳定性,但在OCM反应中产品收率仍未能达到工业应用的要求,因而近几十年来高效OCM催化剂的研发一直是研究热点.实验发现,锶掺杂氧化镧催化剂具有更为优异的催化性能,主要表现在具有比纯氧化镧催化剂更高的催化活性和产物选择性,但对于锶掺杂的影响机制仍然缺乏系统的理论研究.目前普遍认为,甲烷活化是OCM反应的第一步,也是决速步,这主要是由于C?H键活化需要越过很高的能垒,因此往往需要很高的温度.本文主要采用团簇模型,通过密度泛函理论计算来研究OCM反应中锶掺杂对氧化镧催化剂上甲烷活化性能的影响及其作用原理.本文构建了八种锶掺杂的氧化镧团簇作为该催化剂模型,可分为没有自由基性质的团簇(LaSrO2(OH),La2SrO4,La3SrO5(OH),La5SrO8(OH))和具有自由基性质的团簇(LaSrO3,La2SrO4(OH),La3SrO6,La5SrO9).我们计算了甲烷在这些锶掺杂氧化镧团簇上Sr?O和La?O酸碱对位点以及氧自由基活性位点上的活化机制,以研究锶掺杂对OCM反应活性的影响,并与我们前期计算的纯氧化镧团簇上甲烷活化性能进行了对比.通过计算甲烷在不同锶掺杂氧化镧团簇上的物理和化学吸附能、活化能垒以及甲基自由基的脱附能,发现锶掺杂氧化镧团簇上的甲烷活化在热力学和动力学上都要比纯氧化镧团簇上更为有利.对于具有相同金属原子数目的团簇,甲烷在La?O上活化的能垒大小为:化学计量比的La?Sr?O团簇<非化学计量比的La?Sr?O团簇<化学计量比的La?O团簇;而甲烷在Sr?O上活化的能垒大小依次是:化学计量比的La?Sr?O团簇<非化学计量比的La?Sr?O团簇.给定一个锶掺杂氧化镧团簇,甲烷在不同活化位点上的活化能垒大小通常是:O·<相似文献   

钒硼双原子阳离子活化甲烷研究

Methane activation by transition metal species has been extensively investigated over the past few decades. It is observed that ground-state monocations of bare 3d transition metals are inert toward CH₄ at room temperature because of unfavorable thermodynamics. In contrast, many mono-ligated 3d transition metal cations, such as MO⁺ (M = Mn, Fe, Co, Cu, Zn), MH⁺ (M = Fe, Co), and NiX⁺ (X = H, CH₃, F), as well as several bis-ligated 3d transition metal cations including OCrO⁺, Ni(H)(OH)⁺, and Fe(O)(OH)⁺ activate the C―H bond of methane under thermal collision conditions because of the pronounced ligand effects. In most of the above-mentioned examples, the 3d metal atoms are observed to cooperate with the attached ligands to activate the C―H bond. Compared to the extensive studies on active species comprising of middle and late 3d transition metals, the knowledge about the reactivity of early 3d transition metal species toward methane and the related C―H activation mechanisms are still very limited. Only two early 3d transition metal species HMO⁺ (M = Ti and V) are discovered so far to activate the C―H bond of methane via participation of their metal atoms. In this study, by performing mass spectrometric experiments and density functional theory calculations, we have identified that the diatomic vanadium boride cation (VB⁺) can activate methane to produce a dihydrogen molecule and carbon-boron species under thermal collision conditions. The strong electrostatic interaction makes the reaction preferentially proceed the V side. To generate experimentally observed product ions, a two-state reactivity scenario involving spin conversion from high-spin sextet to low-spin quartet is necessary at the entrance of the reaction. This result is consistent with the reported reactions of 3d transition metal species with CH₄, in which the C―H bond cleavage generally occurs in the low-spin states, even if the ground states of the related active species are in the high-spin states. For VB⁺ + CH₄, the insertion of the synergetic V―B unit (rather than a single V or B atom) into the H₃C―H bond causes the initial C―H bond activation driven by the strong bond strengths of V―CH₃ and B―H. The mechanisms of methane activation by VB⁺ discussed in this study may provide useful guidance to the future studies on methane activation by early transition metal systems.     

Density Functional Theory Study on Interaction between Catechin and Thymine

The interacting patterns and mechanism of the catechin and thymine have been investigated with the density functional theory Becke's three-parameter nonlocal exchange functional and the Lee, Yang, and Parr nonlocal correlation functional (B3LYP) method by 6-31+G*basis set. Thirteen stable structures for the catechin-thymine complexes have been found which form two hydrogen bonds at least. The vibrational frequencies are also studied at the same level to analyze these complexes. The results indicated that catechin interactedwith thymine by three different hydrogen bonds as N-H…O、C-H…O、O-H…O and the complexes are mainly stabilized by the hydrogen bonding interactions. Theories of atoms in molecules and natural bond orbital have been adopted to investigate the hydrogen bondsinvolved in all systems. The interaction energies of all complexes have been corrected for basis set superposition error, which are from -18.15 kJ/mol to -32.99 kJ/mol. The results showed that the hydrogen bonding contribute to the interaction energies dominantly. The corresponding bonds stretching motions in all complexes are red-shifted relative to that of the monomer, which is in agreement with experimental results.     

Catalytic hydrogenolysis of alkyl halides by sulfido-bridged molybdenum clusters: A density functional study

Density functional theory has been used to explore the mechanism of cleavage of H₂ at a sulfido-bridged molybdenum cluster, CpMo(μ-SH)(μ-S)(μ-S₂CH₂)MoCp. The addition occurs across a single Mo-S bond, and the disruption of the strong Mo-S π bonding in the ground state leads to a very high-lying transition state (+43 kcal mol⁻¹). Once formed, the adsorbed hydrogen migrates over the cluster via a series of hops from metal to sulphur, formally corresponding to a switch from hydridic to protic character. The low barrier (+15 kcal mol⁻¹) for migration leads to facile hydrogenolysis of coordinated substrates.     

A Mechanistic Switch in C-H Bond Activation by Elusive Fe\begin{document}$^\text{V}$\end{document}(O)(TAML) Reaction Intermediate: A Theoretical Study

The divergent behavior of C-H bond oxidations of aliphatic substrates compared to those of aromatic substrates shown in Gupta's experiment was mechanistically studied herein by means of density functional theory calculations. Our calculations reveal that such difference is caused by different reaction mechanisms between two kinds of substrates (the aliphatic cyclohexane, 2, 3-dimethylbutane and the aromatic toluene, ethylbenzene and cumene). For the aliphatic substrates, C-H oxidation by the oxidant Fe\begin{document}$^{\rm{V}}$\end{document}(O)(TAML) is a hydrogen atom transfer process; whereas for the aromatic substrates, C-H oxidation is a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) process with a proton transfer character on the transition state, that is, a proton-coupled electron transfer process holding a proton transfer-like transition state (PCET(PT)). This difference is caused by the strong \begin{document}$\pi$\end{document}-\begin{document}$\pi$\end{document} interactions between the tetra-anionic TAML ring and the phenyl ring of the aromatic substrates, which has a "pull" effect to make the electron transfer from substrates to the Fe=O moiety inefficient.     

High Pressure Phase Stability of Ti with Self-consistent ab initio Lattice Dynamics Approach

The traditional quasiharmonic approximation cannot predict the phase diagram of Ti accurately, due to the well-known soften phonon modes of the β-Ti. By means of self-consistent ab initio lattice dynamics (SCAILD) method, in which the effects of phonon-phonon interactions are considered, the phonon dispersion relations at finite temperature for Ti are calculated. From the phonon dispersions, we extrapolat the acoustic velocities and harmonic elastic constants. The dynamical stable regions and phase diagram of Ti are also predicted successfully. The results show that SCAILD method can be designed to work for strongly anharmonic systems where the QHA fails.     

单个金或银原子掺杂的氧化钒团簇上的甲烷活化反应

运用密度泛函理论系统研究了甲烷在MV_3O_y~q (M=Au/Ag,y=6–8,q=0或±1)团簇上的吸附和活化。研究得到了吸附体系的微观几何构型、吸附能、电荷分布等性质,找到了5个可以明显活化甲烷分子的含Au团簇。在这些体系中,Au均吸附在基底团簇V_3O_y~q的O位置,而CH_4均在Au原子上被活化。团簇电荷对活化能力有明显影响,阳离子团簇的活化能力最强,中性体系次之,阴离子团簇的活化能力很弱。测试计算表明引入D3色散矫正对于体系结构和能量的计算结果影响不大。本文作为单原子催化剂上甲烷吸附和活化反应的团簇模型研究,为进一步研究单原子催化剂上甲烷的活化机理提供了基础,也为合理设计低温下甲烷转化的单原子催化剂提供了有益的线索。     

邻二氮杂苯-水复合物的氢键结构与性质

用密度泛函理论B3LYP方法和MP2方法对邻二氮杂苯-水复合物基态的氢键结构与相互作用能进行了理论计算,结果表明复合物之间存在较强的氢键N…H－O.在复合物中,水的H－O对称伸缩振动频率明显红移.同时,使用含时密度泛函理论方法计算了邻二氮杂苯单体及复合物的低占据1(n,π*) 和1(π,π*) 态的垂直激发能,计算结果与实验值吻合较好.     

Hydrogen bond interactions in sulfamerazine: DFT study of the O-17, N-14, and H-2 electric field gradient tensors

Hydrogen bond (HB) interactions are studied in the real crystalline structure of sulfamerazine by density functional theory (DFT) calculations of the electric field gradient (EFG) tensors at the sites of O-17, N-14, and H-2 nuclei. One-molecule (single) and four-molecule (cluster) models of sulfamerazine are created by available crystal coordinates and the EFG tensors are calculated in both models to indicate the influence of HB interactions on the tensors. Directly relate to the experiments, the calculated EFG tensors are converted to the experimentally measurable nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) parameters, quadrupole coupling constant (qcc) and asymmetry parameter (η_Q). The evaluated NQR parameters reveal that due to contribution of the target molecule to N–HN and N–HO types of HB interactions, the EFG tensors at the sites of various nuclei are influenced from single model to the target molecule in cluster. Additionally, O2, N4, and H2 nuclei of the target molecule are significantly influenced by HB interactions, consequently, they have the major contributions to HB interactions in cluster model of sulfamerazine. The calculations are performed employing B3LYP method and 6-311++G** basis set using GAUSSIAN 98 suite of program.     

基于一氧化碳、二氧化碳和氧气分子吸附为探针的碳化钼、碳化钨、氮化钼和氮化钨的表面化学性质：密度泛函理论分析

作为具有吸引力的电极材料,过渡金属碳化物与氮化物被应用在许多电化学储能及能量转换领域. 本工作中,通过密度泛函理论计算,以及一氧化碳 （CO）, 二氧化碳（CO₂）和 氧气（O₂）分子的吸附来表征钼和钨的碳化物及氮化物,如碳化钼（Mo₂C）、碳化钨（W₂C）、氮化钼（Mo₂N）和氮化钨（Mo₂C）的表面化学性质. 这些探针分子可为研究钼和钨的碳化物及氮化物表面在酸性/碱性的氧化还原性质提供衡量方法. 计算结果表明,CO₂分子的吸附发生在路易斯碱位,其碱性降低顺序为α-W₂C(001) > α-W₂N(001) > β-Mo₂C(001) > γ-Mo₂N(100). 此外,CO和O₂分子吸附可用于评估上述碳化物及氮化物的还原能力,其还原性减小顺序为β-W₂C(100) > α-Mo₂C(100) > α-W₂N(001) > α-W₂C(001) > β-Mo₂C(001) > γ-Mo₂N(100). 由于还原本性,使得上述这些碳化物和氮化物成为在各种催化反应中有可能取代贵金属的良好候选材料.