title: Acid properties of solid acid catalysts characterized by solid-state 31P NMR of adsorbed phosphorous probe molecules.
abstract: A brief review is presented on acidity characterization of solid acid catalysts by means of solid-state phosphor-31 magic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance ((31)P MAS NMR) spectroscopy using phosphor-containing molecules as probes. It is emphasized that such a simple approach using (31)P MAS NMR of adsorbed phosphorous probe molecules, namely trimethylphosphine (TMP) and trialkylphosphine oxides (R(3)PO), represents a unique technique in providing detailed qualitative and quantitative features, viz. type, strength, distribution, and concentration of acid sites in solid acid catalysts. In particular, it will be shown that when applied with a proper choice of probe molecules with varied sizes and results obtained from elemental analysis, the amounts and locations (intracrystalline vs. extracrystalline) of different types (Brønsted vs. Lewis) of acid sites may be determined. In addition, by incorporating the NMR results with that obtained from theoretical density functional theory (DFT) calculations, correlations between the (31)P chemical shifts (δ(31)P) and acidic strengths of Brønsted and Lewis acid sites may also be derived, facilitating a suitable acidity scale for solid acid catalysts.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan Center for Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
authors.forename: Anmin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Shing-Jong
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shang-Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deng
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000327:Adsorption; D002384:Catalysis; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000592:standards; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010720:Phosphines / Q000737:chemistry*; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000737:chemistry*; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012015:Reference Standards; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D010720:Phosphines; D010758:Phosphorus