Electronically excited oxygen states in exoemission and heterogeneous catalytic oxidation reactions

The role played by electronically excited oxygen in exoemission and heterogeneous catalysis is considered. The results obtained in a study of thermally stimulated exoemission from the surface of Al₂O₃ and SiO₂ are compared with data of temperature-programmed desorption of singlet oxygen O₂(¹Δ_g) from the surface of Al₂O₃ and HZSM-5 zeolites with different SiO₂/Al₂O₃ ratios. The role played by electronically excited oxygen states in heterogeneous catalysis is discussed on the basis of our own and literature data. Thermally stimulated exoemission after the action of an electron flow is considered taking into account electron-stimulated desorption and the available data on electron bombardment in catalysis.     

Donor-acceptor properties, catalytic activity, and negative charge exoemission from the alumina surface modified with lithium cations

Donor-acceptor properties of alumina modified with lithium cations were studied by ESR of paramagnetic complexes of adsorbed anthraquinone. The results were compared with the data on negative ion emission (exoemission) accompanying the decomposition of isopropyl alcohol in the adsorption layer. The data on the activity measured by the pulse microcatalytic technique in isopropyl alcohol decomposition are discussed. Small additives of lithium were found to promote catalytic activity of the samples. The role of acid and basic sites in isopropyl alcohol decomposition was discussed. Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 4, pp. 616–621, April, 2006.     

Composition and Physicochemical Properties of Schungite Sorbent as Influenced by Thermal Treatment

The chemical composition, specific surface area, and pore structure of a schungite sorbent were studied as influenced by the conditions of thermal treatment.     

Synthesis of 3, 6-anhydrocellulose by the saponification of 6-O-tosyl-2, 3-di-O-acetylcellulose

Summary 1. Derivatives of cellulose containing 3, 6-anhydro rings have been synthesized by the following route: cellulose 6-O-tritylcellulose 6-O-trityl-2, 3-di-O-acetylcellulose 2, 3-di-O-acetylcellulose 6-O-tosyl-2, 3-di-O-acetylcellulose 3, 6-anhydrocellulose.2. The composition of the 3, 6-anhydrocellulose has been studied by exhaustive acetylation, nitration, and periodate oxidation, and also by IR spectroscopy.Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, Vol. 2, No. 6, pp. 372–375, 1966     

IR spectral study of the effect of the reaction medium on the state of cobalt in a 10% Co/Al2O3 catalyst for aliphatic hydrocarbons from CO and H2

Diffuse scattering IR spectroscopy was used to study the 10% Co/Al₂O₃ catalyst for the synthesis of aliphatic hydrocarbons from CO and H₂. Ionic and metallic cobalt forms were identified in the IR spectroscopy. The adsorption of CO on these forms is accompanied by the appearance of linear and bridged complexes. After prolonged treatment of the catalyst by a CO + 2H₂ mixture, the ions and surface of metallic cobalt remain available for the adsorption of CO. Modification of the surface of metallic cobalt occurs upon the action of the reaction medium. This modification is seen in a bathochromic displacement of the IR bands for the adsorbed and linear CO forms. This displacement is accompanied by a reduction in the strength of the metal-carbon bond in the Co^o-CO complex.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2640–2643, November, 1990.     

Mössbauer study of carbide phases in catalysts for ammonia synthesis

Samples of a catalyst CA-1 for ammonia synthesis were studied. After reduction the samples were treated with CO₂ or with a mixture of 1% O₂+2.4% H₂O+CO₂ at temperatures between 600 and 783 K. Mössbauer spectroscopy data indicate that above 600 K carbide phases and magnetite are formed. A probable mechanism for carbide formation is suggested.