TY - JOUR
T1 - Gas-phase interaction of thiophene with the Ti8C 12+ and Ti8C12 met-car clusters
AU - Liu, Ping
AU - Lightstone, James M.
AU - Patterson, Melissa J.
AU - Rodriguez, José A.
AU - Muckerman, James T.
AU - White, Michael G.
PY - 2006/4/13
Y1 - 2006/4/13
N2 - The reactivity of the Ti8C12+ met-car cation toward thiophene was investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and mass selective ion chemistry. It is shown that the experimentally observed mass spectrum can be well described by the DFT calculations. In contrast to the weak bonding interactions seen for thiophene on a TiC(001) surface, the Ti 8C12+ met-car cation is able to interact strongly with up to four thiophene molecules with the cluster staying intact. In the most stable conformation, the thiophene molecules bond to the four low-coordinated Ti0 sites of Ti8C12+ via a η5-C,S coordination. The stability and the activity of the Ti8C12+ met-car is observed to increase with an increasing number of attached thiophene molecules at the Ti0 sites, which is associated with a significant transfer of electron density from thiophene to the cluster. The additional electron density on the Ti 8C12+ cation cluster, however, is not sufficient to cleave the C-S bonds of thiophene and the dissociation reaction of thiophene is predicted to be a highly activated process. By contrast, DFT calculations for the neutral Ti8C12 met-car predict that the dissociation reaction leading to adsorbed S and C4H4 fragments is energetically favorable for the first thiophene molecule. The binding behavior for subsequent addition of thiophene molecules to the neutral met-car is also presented and compared to that of the cation.
AB - The reactivity of the Ti8C12+ met-car cation toward thiophene was investigated using density functional theory (DFT) and mass selective ion chemistry. It is shown that the experimentally observed mass spectrum can be well described by the DFT calculations. In contrast to the weak bonding interactions seen for thiophene on a TiC(001) surface, the Ti 8C12+ met-car cation is able to interact strongly with up to four thiophene molecules with the cluster staying intact. In the most stable conformation, the thiophene molecules bond to the four low-coordinated Ti0 sites of Ti8C12+ via a η5-C,S coordination. The stability and the activity of the Ti8C12+ met-car is observed to increase with an increasing number of attached thiophene molecules at the Ti0 sites, which is associated with a significant transfer of electron density from thiophene to the cluster. The additional electron density on the Ti 8C12+ cation cluster, however, is not sufficient to cleave the C-S bonds of thiophene and the dissociation reaction of thiophene is predicted to be a highly activated process. By contrast, DFT calculations for the neutral Ti8C12 met-car predict that the dissociation reaction leading to adsorbed S and C4H4 fragments is energetically favorable for the first thiophene molecule. The binding behavior for subsequent addition of thiophene molecules to the neutral met-car is also presented and compared to that of the cation.
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U2 - 10.1021/jp060340s
DO - 10.1021/jp060340s
M3 - Article
C2 - 16599524
AN - SCOPUS:33646249155
VL - 110
SP - 7449
EP - 7455
JO - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry B
SN - 1520-6106
IS - 14
ER -