Reaction mechanism on the activation of ethane C–H and C–C bonds by a diplatinum cluster
Reaction mechanism on the activation of ethane C–H and C–C bonds by a diplatinum cluster
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DOI:
10.1007/s00214-013-1387-z
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发表时间:
2013-08
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Ting Ju;Huaqing Yang;Fangchen Li;Xiangyuan Li;Changwei Hu
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作者:
Ting Ju;Huaqing Yang;Fangchen Li;Xiangyuan Li;Changwei Hu
The reaction mechanism of Pt2cluster with C2H6has been theoretically investigated on the singlet and triplet potential energy surfaces at BPW91/aug-cc-pvtz, Lanl2tz level. The deethylenation channel (Pt2H2+ C2H4) is kinetically favorable with the rate constant (in dm3mol−1s−1) of, while the dehydrogenation channel (Pt2C2H4+ H2) is thermodynamically preferable. The twofold dehydrogenation of ethane to acetylene by Pt2cluster is both thermodynamically and kinetically almost equivalent to the single dehydrogenation to ethylene. In addition, both the C–H cleavage intermediate (H)2Pt2C2H4and the C–C cleavage intermediate CH3HPtPtCH2are thermodynamically favored in the Pt2+ C2H6reaction. Furthermore, (H)2Pt2C2H4is kinetically preferred, while CH3HPtPtCH2is kinetically hindered. According to analysis of activation strain model, the stabilizing interactionprefers the C–H bond cleavage, while the activation strainfavors the C–C bond cleavage. From C–C to C–H bond cleavage, the lowering of activation barrier is mainly caused by the transition states interactionbecoming more stabilizing. Compared with mononuclear Pt atom, Pt2cluster exhibits a more promising catalyst, because the synchronous effect of the atoms of Pt2cluster makes two C–H bonds of C2H6break simultaneously and then kinetically releases C2H4readily from C2H6. This result is in good agreement with the experimental observation. Moreover, Pt2cluster exhibits more efficient twofold dehydrogenation from ethane.