title: [In situ IR study of the reaction behavior of transition metal oxides-propionic acid system, Fe2Cr(mu 3-O) (mu-O2CC2H5)6(H2O)3Cl.xH2O and Cr3 (mu 3-O) (mu-O2CC2H5)6(H2O)3NO3.xH2O].
abstract: The reaction behavior of the title complexes have been investigated by means of in situ IR in nitrogen atmosphere. It has been found that they enabled the propionic acid to convert to acetaldehyde and pentanone in different temperature. The sequence of the ketonization reaction activity for metal oxides Fe3O4 > MnO2 > Cr2O3 > Co2O3 > Ni2O3 has analogy to that for metal clusters [Fe2MnOPH] > [Fe3OPH] > [Fe2CrOPH] > [Fe2CoOPH] > [Fe2NiOPH] > [Cr3OPH][OPH = (mu 3-O)(mu-O2CC2H5)6(H2O)3]. For the ketonization reactions, the reaction temperatures of transition-metal oxides were much higher than that of corresponding metal clusters [Fe2MOPH]. It has been verified that the active component of metal cluster [Fe2MOPH] is not the corresponding transition-metal oxides. The difference between Fe3O4 and Fe2O3 which catalyze the conversion of propionic acid to acetaldehyde and pentanone respectively were demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 350002 Fuzhou.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cai
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authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
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authors.lastname: Zhou
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authors.lastname: Cui
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authors.lastname: Zhang