Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (9): 1528-1534.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(15)60905-6

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DFT studies on the activation of C-H bonds on V/P mixed oxides

Gang Fu, Ruming Yuan, Pei Wang, Huilin Wan   

  1. State Key Laboratory for Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
  • Received:2015-04-02 Revised:2015-06-17 Online:2015-08-28 Published:2015-09-26
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    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21373167, 21133004), the Program for Innovative Research Team in Chinese Universities (IRT_14R31), and the Fundamental Research Funds of Central Universities.

Abstract:

We carried out DFT calculations on the activation of C-H bonds on V/P mixed oxides. A set of oxo clusters, V4-xPxO10 (x=0-4), used as model catalysts showed that the PO-H bond was stronger than the VO-H bond and the proton was preferentially bonded to the P=O bond. However, for alkane activation, the P=O was not the active site as expected because the activation requires a large reorganization energy. In addition, the results showed that the P=O bond played a role in the activation of intermediates with a more acidic C-H bond, such as 2-butene and 2,5-dihydrofuran.

Key words: Density functional theory, Selective oxidation, Light alkanes, H atom abstraction, Vanadium/Phosphorus mixed oxide, Cluster model