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Generation of Oxygen Radical Centers in Binary Neutral Metal Oxide Clusters for Catalytic Oxidation Reactions
Author(s) -
Nößler Melanie,
Mitrić Roland,
BonačićKoutecký Vlasta,
Johnson Grant E.,
Tyo Eric C.,
Castleman A. Welford
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200905434
Subject(s) - catalysis , chemistry , oxide , oxygen atom , zirconium , metal , cationic polymerization , oxygen , photochemistry , atom (system on chip) , inorganic chemistry , molecule , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , computer science , embedded system
One more, one less : Radical centers are generated in binary neutral zirconium oxide clusters by replacing one Zr atom in single‐metal cationic and anionic clusters with radical oxygen centers by an atom that has one less (Sc) or one more electron (Nb). This study reveals that these isoelectronic systems promote similar oxidation reactions and can undergo full catalytic cycles (see picture; Zr yellow, Sc gray, O red, C green, H teal, N blue).