Base Catalytic Activity of [Nb10O28]6-: Effect of Countercations
Base Catalytic Activity of [Nb10O28]6-: Effect of Countercations
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c01488
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发表时间:
2020-05-21
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Tsukuda, Tatsuya
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作者:
Hayashi, Shun;Yamazoe, Seiji;Tsukuda, Tatsuya
Tetraalkylammonium salts of decaniobate ((CnH2n+1)(4)N+)(6)[Nb10O28](6-) (TAA(n)Nb(10)) (n = 1-4) were applied as homogeneous catalysts for the Knoevenagel condensation reaction between benzaldehyde and phenylacetonitrile. The base catalytic activity of TAA(n)Nb(10) was found to be dependent on the alkyl chain length n of TAA(n); the initial reaction rate (r(n)) increased monotonously with n and reached a plateau at n = 3. The catalytic activity of TAA(4)Nb(10) decreased with the addition of tetraalkylammonium bromide (CnH2n+1)(4)N+Br- (TAA(n)Br) (n = 1, 2). These results indicated that TAA(n) (n = 1, 2) acts as a poison of the base catalyst of Nb-10. The adsorption-desorption equilibrium constants of TAA(n) (K-n) estimated by a simple kinetic model decreased monotonously with n and became negligible at n >= 3. The anticorrelation between K-n and r(n) led us to conclude that the catalytic poisoning by TAA(n) (n = 1, 2) is caused by the blocking of the base sites of Nb-10 because of the electrostatic interaction. The findings suggest that a countercation with a small charge density is suitable for the base catalytic application of polyoxometalates.