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Doping Effects in Cluster‐Mediated Bond Activation
Author(s) -
Schwarz Helmut
Publication year - 2015
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.201500649
Subject(s) - homonuclear molecule , heteronuclear molecule , cluster (spacecraft) , doping , catalysis , chemical physics , phase (matter) , molecule , materials science , chemistry , nanotechnology , computer science , optoelectronics , organic chemistry , programming language
Gas‐phase investigations of judiciously doped oxide clusters permit to address fundamental challenges related to, for example, the low‐temperature oxidation of CO or the selective conversion of hydrocarbons. Modifying the size and composition of a free cluster in a controlled way enables the modification of local charge effects and of spin states, and spectroscopic studies in combination with computational work help to identify the active site of a catalyst and to unravel mechanistic details. Also, the interplay of the support material with the reactive part of a composite catalyst cluster can be addressed. Examples will be presented demonstrating how and why the gas‐phase reactivities of heteronuclear clusters, in comparison with their homonuclear counterparts, toward small, generally rather inert molecules can be increased, decreased, or not significantly affected.