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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Associative versus dissociative binding of CO to 4d transition metal trimers: A density functional study |
Author: | Addicoat, M. Buntine, M. Yates, B. Metha, G. |
Citation: | Journal of Computational Chemistry, 2008; 29(9):1497-1506 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
Issue Date: | 2008 |
ISSN: | 0192-8651 1096-987X |
Statement of Responsibility: | Matthew A. Addicoat, Mark A. Buntine, Brian Yates, Gregory F. Metha |
Abstract: | Density functional calculations were performed to determine equilibrium geometrical structures, transition states and relative energies for M(3) clusters (M = Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag) reacting with CO, leading to proposed reaction pathways. For the Nb(3), Mo(3), and Tc(3) clusters, the lowest energy structure correlates to dissociated CO, with the C and O atoms bound on opposite sides of the metal triangle. For all other trimers, the lowest energy structures maintain the CO moiety. In the case of Pd(3) and Ag(3) the dissociated geometries lie higher in energy than the sum of the separated reactants. In most cases, several multiplicities were found to be similar in energy and for Mo(3)CO and Pd(3)CO singlet-triplet minimum energy crossing points were identified. In the case of Rh(3)CO, minimum energy crossing points for the doublet, quartet, and sextet reaction pathways were determined and compared. The electron densities of pertinent M(3)CO species were investigated using Natural Bond Order calculations. It was found that the effect of the metal trimer on the energy of the pure p-type pi* antibonding orbital of carbon monoxide directly correlates with the occurrence of CO dissociation. |
Keywords: | Carbon Monoxide Transition Elements Binding Sites Quantum Theory Thermodynamics Models, Chemical Computer Simulation |
DOI: | 10.1002/jcc.20912 |
Published version: | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117953463/abstract |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 6 Chemistry publications Environment Institute publications |
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