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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
21
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-5-27
pubmed:abstractText
The oxidation of alkenes by H(2)O(2) catalyzed by Ti(IV)-containing polyoxometalates (POMs) as models of Ti single-site catalysts has been investigated at DFT level and has been compared with other early transition-metal-substituted polyoxometalates. We have studied in detail the reaction mechanism of the C(2)H(4) epoxidation with H(2)O(2) mediated by two different POMs, the Ti-monosubstituted Keggin-type POM [PTi(OH)W(11)O(39)](4-) and the Ti-disubstituted sandwich-type POM [Ti(2)(OH)(2)As(2)W(19)O(67)(H(2)O)](8-). These species exhibit well-defined 6- and 5-coordinated titanium environments. For both species, the reaction proceeds through a two-step mechanism: (i) the Ti-OH groups activate H(2)O(2) with a moderate energy barrier yielding either Ti-hydroperoxo (Ti(IV)-OOH) or Ti-peroxo (Ti(IV)-OO) intermediate, and (ii) the less stable but more reactive Ti-hydroperoxo species transfers oxygen to alkene to form the epoxide, this latter step being the rate-determining step. The higher activity of the sandwich anion was attributed to the absence of dimer formation, and its higher selectivity to the larger energy cost of homolytic O-O bond breaking in the hydroperoxo intermediate. We also propose several requisites to improve the efficiency of Ti-containing catalysts, including flexible and 5-fold (or lower) coordinated Ti environments, as well as reagent-accessible Ti sites. Calculations on other TM-containing Keggin-type POMs [PTM(OH)W(11)O(39)](4-) (TM = Zr(IV), V(V), Nb(V), Mo(VI), W(VI), and Re(VII)) showed that when we move from the left to the right in the periodic table the formation of the epoxide via peroxo intermediate becomes competitive because of the higher mixing between the orbitals of the TM and the O-O unit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1520-5126
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
132
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7488-97
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanistic insights into alkene epoxidation with H2O2 by Ti- and other TM-containing polyoxometalates: role of the metal nature and coordination environment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department de Química Física i Inorgànica, Universitat Rovira i Vigili, Marcel.li Domingo s/n, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article