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DFT Studies on Gas-phase Reactions Mechanism of (M2O5)+m=1,2(M=V, Nb, Ta) and C2H4

CHEN Jian, TAN Kai, LIN Meng-Hai*, ZHANG Qian-Er   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surface, Center for Theoretical Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
  • Received:2007-10-22 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-09-10 Published:2008-09-10
  • Contact: LIN Meng-Hai

Abstract: The reaction mechanisms of group V transition metal oxide cations (M2O5)+m=1,2(M=V, Nb, Ta) with ethylene were studied by density functional theory with BP86 method. For the reaction (M2O5)m++C2H4→(M2O5)m-1M2O4++C2H4O, the bond V—O was broken after the transition state and the oxygen transfer happened. It has both cis and trans transition structures for the reaction of V2O5+ and C2H4, the path with the trans transition structure was energetically favorable. The calculation results show that when it reacted with C2H4, the (V2O5)m+ was highly exothermic, but the (M2O5)m+(M=Nb, Ta) were slightly or even not exothermic. This is well in line with the experimental results. The different reactivity of the group V transition metal oxide cluster ions is attributed to the different bond strength of the metal-oxygen bonds.

Key words: Gas-phade reaction mechanism, Group V transition metal oxide, C2H4, Density functional theory

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