Aminovinylidene: A Stable Surface Intermediate in the Dehydrogenation of Ethylamine on Pt(1 1 1)
Aminovinylidene: A Stable Surface Intermediate in the Dehydrogenation of Ethylamine on Pt(1 1 1)
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氨基亚乙烯基:乙胺在 Pt(1 1 1) 上脱氢的稳定表面中间体
DOI:
10.1002/cctc.201200170
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发表时间:
2012
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
M. Trenary
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作者:
I. Waluyo;Joel D. Krooswyk;Jun Yin;Yuan Ren;M. Trenary
The dehydrogenation of amines into nitriles and the hydrogenation of nitriles into amines are crucial processes in the chemical industry. The latter is a commonly used process in the commercial production of primary amines, which are important in the manufacture of a variety of chemicals. The catalytic hydrogenation of acetonitrile using supported transition metal catalysts to produce ethylamine, in particular, has been a subject of great interest in the past two decades. The dehydrogenation of amines to nitriles is more commonly performed in aerobic conditions. However, it was observed that ethylamine can be dehydrogenated to acetonitrile with a halide cluster catalyst, on Ni(111), and on W(1 0 0)-(5 1)-C. The characterization of the intermediate species formed during a surfacecatalyzed reaction is crucial in the fundamental study of heterogeneous catalysis. Here we used reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to identify aminovinylidene (CCHNH2) as a stable surface intermediate on Pt(111) from the partial dehydrogenation of ethylamine. The surface chemistry of adsorbate molecules containing a CCN or CNC backbone has been studied extensively in the past. Based on the comparison between experimental RAIR spectra and DFT calculations, the reaction between NH3 and C2 on Pt(111) was found to result in the formation of a CHCNH2 surface intermediate bonded to the surface through its C atoms with the C C bond parallel to the surface. In addition, RAIRS was used to determine that a stable methylaminocarbyne (CNHCH3) surface intermediate, with a C N bond perpendicular to the surface and a p-bond delocalized across its C-NC unit, could be formed through either the protonation of methyl isocyanide or the partial dehydrogenation of dimethylamine. A high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) study concluded that the partial dehydrogenation of ethylamine on Ni(111) produced a CH3CNH surface intermediate bonded to the surface through the N and C atoms with the C N bond parallel to the surface. Our proposed surface intermediate, whose DFT-optimized structure is shown in Figure 1, is bonded to the surface through the terminal C atom and the C C bond is more or less perpendicular to the surface. This species is analogous to vinylidene (CCH2), the structure of which was calculated on a Pt35 cluster, [8] but the C C bond is more upright. As one of the H atoms has been replaced by an NH2 group, this species is named aminovinylidene. Although this species contains a CCN unit like the intermediate formed through the reaction of NH3 and C2 on Pt(111), its surface bonding scheme is actually similar to that of methylaminocarbyne in that it contains a p-bond delocalized across three centers with C N bonding of mixed single and double bond character. Shown in Figure 2 are the RAIR spectra of the sample after exposure to 0.3 L of CH3CH2 NH2 (1 L = 1 10 6 Torr s) at 85 K. The sample was subsequently heated and the temperature was held at 300 K and 330 K for 30 seconds before it was cooled back to 85 K, at which all RAIR spectra were obtained. The spectral features at 85 K and after heating to 300 K are generally similar, indicating that ethylamine is still molecularly adsorbed at 300 K; the sharper and more intense peaks suggest a more ordered overlayer. The peaks between 2800 and 3000 cm 1 correspond to n(C-H) modes. Comparison with the HREELS spectrum of ethylamine on Ni(111) and the experimental and calculated spectra of gas-phase ethylamine revealed that the peaks at 1446, 1383, 1343, and 1145 cm 1 can be assigned to d(CH3), w(CH2), d(C H), and 1(CH3), respectively, while the intense peaks at 1038 and 1052 cm 1 likely correspond to n(C N) and n(C C N) modes. Upon further heating to 330 K, the spectrum changes dramatically, indicating that a new species was formed on the surface. Temperature programmed desorption (TPD) data (not shown) indicate that ethylamine undergoes partial dehydrogenation at this temperature, which is also observed for ethylamine on Ni(111) and dimethylamine on Pt(111). The most significant change in the spectrum after heating to 330 K is the appearance of a relatively intense peak at 3488 cm 1 and two other weaker n(N H) peaks at 3342 and 3434 cm . In addition, most of the n(C H) peaks between 2800 and 3000 cm 1 are no longer present, Figure 1. Side view (left) and top view (right) of the structure of the proposed aminovinylidene surface species on a threefold hollow site of a Pt4 cluster. All atoms except for Pt were unconstrained and were allowed to optimize. The optimized C C and C N bond lengths are 1.40 and 1.36 , respectively.
影响因子:
7.3
作者:
Kamiguchi, S;Nakamura, A;Chihara, T
通讯作者:
Chihara, T