Abstract
The entire reaction pathway for the gas-phase methane-methanol conversion by late transition-metal-oxide ions, MnO+ FeO+, and CoO+, is studied using an ab initio hybrid (Hartree-Fock/density-functional) method. For these oxo complexes, the methane-methanol conversion is proposed to proceed via two transition states (TSs) in such a way MO+ + CH4 → OM+(CH4) → [TS1] → HO-M+-CH3 → [TS2] → M+(CH3OH) → M+ + CH3OH, where M is Mn, Fe and Co. A crossing between high-spin and low-spin potential energy surfaces occurs both at the entrance channel and at the exit channel for FeO+ and CoO+, but it occurs only once near TS2 for MnO+. The activation energy from OMn+(CH4) to HO-Mn+-CH3 via TS1 is calculated to be 9.4 kcal/mol, being much smaller than 22.1 and 30.9 kcal/mol for FeO+ and CoO+, respectively. This agrees with the experimentally reported efficiencies for the reactions. The excellent agreement between theory and experiment indicates-that HO-M+-CH3 plays a central role as an intermediate in the reaction between MO+ and methane and that the reaction efficiency is most likely to be determined by the activation energy from OM+(CH4) to HO-M+-CH3 via TS1. We discuss in terms of qualitative orbital interactions why MnO+ (d4 oxo complex) is most effective for methane C-H bond activation. The activation energy from HO-M+-CH3 to M+(CH3OH) via TS2 is computed to be 24.6, 28.6, and 35.9 kcal/mol for CoO+, FeO+, and MnO+ respectively. This result explains an experimental result that the methanol-branching ratio in the reaction between MO+ and methane is 100% in CoO+, 41% in FeO+, and < 1% in MnO+. We demonstrate that both the barrier heights of TS1 and TS2 would determine general catalytic selectivity for the methane-methanol conversion by the MO+ complexes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 564-572 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 28 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Methane-methanol conversion by MnO+, FeO+, and CoO+ : A theoretical study of catalytic selectivity. / Yoshizawa, Kazunari.
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 120, No. 3, 28.01.1998, p. 564-572.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Methane-methanol conversion by MnO+, FeO+, and CoO+
T2 - A theoretical study of catalytic selectivity
AU - Yoshizawa, Kazunari
PY - 1998/1/28
Y1 - 1998/1/28
N2 - The entire reaction pathway for the gas-phase methane-methanol conversion by late transition-metal-oxide ions, MnO+ FeO+, and CoO+, is studied using an ab initio hybrid (Hartree-Fock/density-functional) method. For these oxo complexes, the methane-methanol conversion is proposed to proceed via two transition states (TSs) in such a way MO+ + CH4 → OM+(CH4) → [TS1] → HO-M+-CH3 → [TS2] → M+(CH3OH) → M+ + CH3OH, where M is Mn, Fe and Co. A crossing between high-spin and low-spin potential energy surfaces occurs both at the entrance channel and at the exit channel for FeO+ and CoO+, but it occurs only once near TS2 for MnO+. The activation energy from OMn+(CH4) to HO-Mn+-CH3 via TS1 is calculated to be 9.4 kcal/mol, being much smaller than 22.1 and 30.9 kcal/mol for FeO+ and CoO+, respectively. This agrees with the experimentally reported efficiencies for the reactions. The excellent agreement between theory and experiment indicates-that HO-M+-CH3 plays a central role as an intermediate in the reaction between MO+ and methane and that the reaction efficiency is most likely to be determined by the activation energy from OM+(CH4) to HO-M+-CH3 via TS1. We discuss in terms of qualitative orbital interactions why MnO+ (d4 oxo complex) is most effective for methane C-H bond activation. The activation energy from HO-M+-CH3 to M+(CH3OH) via TS2 is computed to be 24.6, 28.6, and 35.9 kcal/mol for CoO+, FeO+, and MnO+ respectively. This result explains an experimental result that the methanol-branching ratio in the reaction between MO+ and methane is 100% in CoO+, 41% in FeO+, and < 1% in MnO+. We demonstrate that both the barrier heights of TS1 and TS2 would determine general catalytic selectivity for the methane-methanol conversion by the MO+ complexes.
AB - The entire reaction pathway for the gas-phase methane-methanol conversion by late transition-metal-oxide ions, MnO+ FeO+, and CoO+, is studied using an ab initio hybrid (Hartree-Fock/density-functional) method. For these oxo complexes, the methane-methanol conversion is proposed to proceed via two transition states (TSs) in such a way MO+ + CH4 → OM+(CH4) → [TS1] → HO-M+-CH3 → [TS2] → M+(CH3OH) → M+ + CH3OH, where M is Mn, Fe and Co. A crossing between high-spin and low-spin potential energy surfaces occurs both at the entrance channel and at the exit channel for FeO+ and CoO+, but it occurs only once near TS2 for MnO+. The activation energy from OMn+(CH4) to HO-Mn+-CH3 via TS1 is calculated to be 9.4 kcal/mol, being much smaller than 22.1 and 30.9 kcal/mol for FeO+ and CoO+, respectively. This agrees with the experimentally reported efficiencies for the reactions. The excellent agreement between theory and experiment indicates-that HO-M+-CH3 plays a central role as an intermediate in the reaction between MO+ and methane and that the reaction efficiency is most likely to be determined by the activation energy from OM+(CH4) to HO-M+-CH3 via TS1. We discuss in terms of qualitative orbital interactions why MnO+ (d4 oxo complex) is most effective for methane C-H bond activation. The activation energy from HO-M+-CH3 to M+(CH3OH) via TS2 is computed to be 24.6, 28.6, and 35.9 kcal/mol for CoO+, FeO+, and MnO+ respectively. This result explains an experimental result that the methanol-branching ratio in the reaction between MO+ and methane is 100% in CoO+, 41% in FeO+, and < 1% in MnO+. We demonstrate that both the barrier heights of TS1 and TS2 would determine general catalytic selectivity for the methane-methanol conversion by the MO+ complexes.
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DO - 10.1021/ja971723u
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JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
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