Addressing the uncertainty of DFT-determined hydrogenation mechanisms over coinage metal surfaces

Author(s):  
Kunran Yang ◽  
Bo Yang

Density functional theory (DFT) has been considered as a powerful tool for the identification of reaction mechanisms. However, it is still unclear whether the error of DFT calculations would lead...

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiuyuan Lu ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
Wenkai Chen ◽  
Alberto Roldan

We investigated the NH3 catalytic decomposition on Ru and Ir metal surfaces using density functional theory. The reaction mechanisms were unraveled on both metals, considering that, at nano-scale, Ru particles...


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedvika Primasova ◽  
Silviya Ninova ◽  
Ulrich Aschauer ◽  
julien Furrer

Several dinuclear trithiophenolato-bridged arene ruthenium complexes [(η6-p-MeC6H4Pri)2Ru2(μ2-SC6H4-R)3]+ could so far only be obtained with moderate yields using the synthetic route established in the early 2000s. With much less reactive aliphatic thiols or with bulky thiols, the reactions become even less efficient and the desired trithiolato complexes are obtained either only with bad yields or not at all. We employ density functional theory (DFT) calculations to gain a fundamental understanding of the reaction mechanisms leading to the formation of trithiolato complexes starting from the dichloro(p-cymene)ruthenium(II) dimer [(η6-p-MeC6H4Pri)Ru(μ2-Cl)Cl]2. The results of this DFT study enable us to rationalize experimental results and allow us, via a modified synthetic route, to synthesize the previously unreported and hitherto considered as unrealistic trithiolato complex [(η6-p-MeC6H4Pri)2Ru2(μ2-SC6H11)3]+. Our DFT study opens possibilities for the synthesis of so far inaccessible thiolato-bridged dinuclear arene ruthenium(II) complexes but more generally also the synthesis of other thiolato-bridged dinuclear group 8 and 9 metal com-plexes could be reexamined.


RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (85) ◽  
pp. 54091-54099 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Zhang ◽  
Jia Zhu ◽  
Zhenxing Fang ◽  
Xianglan Xu ◽  
Yongfan Zhang ◽  
...  

The structures and electronic properties of (WO3)3 nanocluster adsorption on defective MgO ultrathin films supported on Ag(001) metal surfaces have been investigated by means of density functional theory (DFT) calculations including dispersion interactions.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinpeng Zhao ◽  
Zhimin Zhou ◽  
hu luo ◽  
Yanfei Zhang ◽  
Wang Liu ◽  
...  

Combined experiments and density functional theory (DFT) calculations provided insights into the role of the environment-friendly γ-valerolactone (GVL) as a solvent in the hydrothermal conversion of glucose into lactic acid...


Author(s):  
Hanlin Gan ◽  
Liang Peng ◽  
Feng Long Gu

The mechanism of the Cu(i)-catalyzed domino reaction furnishing 1-aryl-1,2,3-triazole assisted by CuI and 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) is explored with density functional theory (DFT) calculations.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 3227-3241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnamoorthy Arumugam ◽  
Neil A. Burton

Of particular interest within the +6 uranium complexes is the linear uranyl(vi) cation and it forms numerous coordination complexes in solution and exhibits incongruent redox behavior depending on coordinating ligands. This DFT study predicts VI/V reduction potentials of a range of uranyl(vi) complexes in non-aqueous solutions within ∼0.10−0.20 eV of experiment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (12) ◽  
pp. 1641-1649
Author(s):  
Wei-Tsung Lee ◽  
Matthias Zeller ◽  
David Upp ◽  
Yuliya Politanska ◽  
Doug Steinman ◽  
...  

Treatment of the ortho-triazacyclophane 1,4-dimethyltribenzo[b,e,h][1,4,7]triazacyclonona-2,5,8-triene [(C6H5)3(NH)(NCH3)2, L1] with Fe[N(SiMe3)2]2 yields the dimeric iron(II) complex bis(μ-1,4-dimethyltribenzo[b,e,h][1,4,7]triazacyclonona-2,5,8-trien-7-ido)bis[(μ-1,4-dimethyltribenzo[b,e,h][1,4,7]triazacyclonona-2,5,8-trien-7-ido)iron(II)], [Fe(C20H18N3)4] or Fe2(L1)4 (9). Dissolution of 9 in tetrahydrofuran (THF) results in solvation by two THF ligands and the formation of a simpler monoiron complex, namely bis(μ-1,4-dimethyltribenzo[b,e,h][1,4,7]triazacyclonona-2,5,8-trien-7-ido-κN 7)bis(tetrahydrofuran-κO)iron(II), [Fe(C20H18N3)2(C4H8O)2] or (L1)2Fe(THF)2 (10). The reaction is reversible and 10 reverts in vacuo to diiron complex 9. In the structures of both 9 and 10, the monoanionic triazacyclophane ligand L1− is observed in only the less-symmetric saddle conformation. No bowl-shaped crown conformers are observed in the solid state, thus preventing chelating κ3-coordination to the metal as had been proposed earlier based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Instead, the L1− ligands are bound in either a η2-chelating fashion through the amide and one amine donor (for one of the four ligands of 9), or solely through their amide N atoms in an even simpler monodentate η1-coordination mode. Density functional calculations on dimer 9 revealed nearly full cationic charges on each Fe atom and no bonding interaction between the two metal centers, consistent with the relatively long Fe...Fe distance of 2.912 (1) Å observed in the solid state.


Polyhedron ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 602-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manashi Chakraborty ◽  
Sathi Roychowdhury ◽  
Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik ◽  
Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri ◽  
Tapan Kumar Mondal ◽  
...  

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