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Mechanistic Variants in Methane Activation Mediated by Gold(I) Supported on Silicon Oxide Clusters
- Source :
- Chemistry - A European Journal. 24:17506-17512
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- Cationic gold has been frequently identified as a suitable reactive species for activating methane in condensed-phase studies. However, it is far from clear how the coordination site manipulates the activity of such species. Herein, by anchoring AuI on silicon oxide cluster supports of variable sizes, the site-specific methane activation by AuI -Ox has been clarified by mass spectrometry in conjunction with quantum chemistry calculations. An unexpected mechanistic switch in C-H activation was identified for the cluster anions Au(SiO2 )n O- (n=1-3) that selectively activate one of the four C-H bonds of methane with different reaction efficiencies: a low efficiency was observed for the two-fold-coordinated gold ion (AuI, 2f ), which was anchored on an AuSiO3- or AuSi2 O5- cluster, through an oxidative addition mechanism (a homolytic process), and high efficiency was observed for the one-fold-coordinated gold ion (AuI, 1f ), which was supported on an AuSi3 O7- cluster, through Lewis acid/base pairs mechanism (AuI, 1f ⋅⋅⋅O2- , a heterolytic process). Fine regulation of the 5d orbital level of the Au atom by the oxygen ligands accounted for the mechanistic difference between AuI, 2f and AuI, 1f species. The mechanistic understanding of the reactivity of AuI -Ox at a strictly molecular level can be used to clarify the dissimilar activity of gold anchored on different oxide supports.
- Subjects :
- 010405 organic chemistry
Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Oxide
General Chemistry
010402 general chemistry
Photochemistry
01 natural sciences
Heterolysis
Quantum chemistry
Oxidative addition
Catalysis
0104 chemical sciences
Homolysis
chemistry.chemical_compound
Reactivity (chemistry)
Lewis acids and bases
Silicon oxide
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09476539
- Volume :
- 24
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chemistry - A European Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1426d820fa6a87157043671a67c3329c