Vanadium oxides complexes

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Bell, R. C., Castleman, A. W. and Thorn, D. L., Vanadium oxide complexes in room-temperature chloroaluminate molten salts. Inorg. Chem., 38,5709,1999. Dyson, P. J., Mcindoe, J. S. and Zhao, D. B., Direct analysis of catalysts immobilised in ionic liquids using electrospray ionisation ion trap mass spectrometry. Chem. Commun., 508,2003. 

Oxidation, Ammoxidation, and Oxychlorination Numerous catalysts have been developed for a number of processes in this category. Examples arc supported vanadium oxide, complex muitimetallic oxides, and supported cupric chloride, used respectively for the following reactions ... 

Bell RC, Castleman AW, Thom DL (1999) Vanadium oxide complexes in room-temperature chloroaluminate molten salts. Inorg Chem 38 5709—5715... 

Rosseinsky and coworkers reported the postmodification of IRMOF-3 with sali-cylaldehyde by imine condensation, leading to the formation of the MOF-supported Schiffbase with 13% yield. The resulting salicylidene-functionalized IRMOF-3 was used as an N-O ligand for a vanadium oxide complex and characterized by liquid-state NMR and PXRD analyses. The obtained MOF-supported vanadium catalyst was found to be active for cyclohexene a-oxidation with tBuOOH, although both conversion and TOF were relatively low, a possible problem involving framework coUapse was identified [118]. 

Benzene-Based Catalyst Technology. The catalyst used for the conversion of ben2ene to maleic anhydride consists of supported vanadium oxide [11099-11-9]. The support is an inert oxide such as kieselguhr, alumina [1344-28-17, or sUica, and is of low surface area (142). Supports with higher surface area adversely affect conversion of benzene to maleic anhydride. The conversion of benzene to maleic anhydride is a less complex oxidation than the conversion of butane, so higher catalyst selectivities are obtained. The vanadium oxide on the surface of the support is often modified with molybdenum oxides. There is approximately 70% vanadium oxide and 30% molybdenum oxide [11098-99-0] in the active phase for these fixed-bed catalysts (143). The molybdenum oxide is thought to form either a soUd solution or compound oxide with the vanadium oxide and result in a more active catalyst (142). 

The Lo-Cat process, Hcensed by US Filter Company, and Dow/Shell s SulFerox process are additional Hquid redox processes. These processes have replaced the vanadium oxidizing agents used in the Stretford process with iron. Organic chelating compounds are used to provide water-soluble organometaHic complexes in the solution. As in the case of Stretford units, the solution is regenerated by contact with air. 

The role of steric influences on the formation of various vanadium amidinate complexes in the oxidation states +2 and +3 has been studied in detail. The reaction of VCl2(TMEDA)2 and of VCl3(THF)3 with 2 equivalents of formamidinate salts afforded dimeric V2[HC(NCy)2l4 (cf. Section IV.E) with a very short V-V multiple bond and [ [HC(NCy)2 V(/i-Cl)l2 which is also dimeric (Scheme 107). The formation of V2[HC(NCy)2l4 was shown to proceed through the intermediate monomeric [HC(NCy)2l2V(TMEDA), which was isolated and fully characterized. The dinuclear structure was reversibly cleaved by treatment with pyridine forming the monomeric [HC(NCy)2l2V(py)2. ... 

This reaction was first demonstrated over V, Mo and W oxides [6]. At 823 K vanadium oxide provided phenol selectivity up to 71%, which was much higher than it had been ever achieved with O2. This result stimulated further efforts in searching for more efficient catalytic systems. As a result, in 1988 three groups of researchers [7-9] have independently discovered ZSM-5 zeolites to be the most efficient catalysts. They allowed the reaction to proceed at much lower temperature (573-623 K) with nearly a 100% selectivity. Later, more complex aromatic compounds were also hydroxylated in this way [2]. 

Similar to molybdenum oxide catalyst the capability to emit singlet oxygen is inherent to Si02 doped by Cr ions as well. Similar to the case of vanadium oxide catalysts in this system the photogeneration occurs due to the triplet-triplet electron excitation transfer from a charge transfer complex to adsorbed oxygen. 

We refrain here from giving an extensive overview of studies on the surface structure of vanadium oxide nanolayers, as this has already been done for up to year 2003 in our recent review [97]. Instead, we would like to focus on prototypical examples, selected from the V-oxide-Rh(l 1 1) phase diagram, which demonstrate the power of STM measurements, when combined with state-of-the-art DFT calculations, to resolve complex oxide nanostructures. Other examples will highlight the usefulness of combining STM and STS data on a local scale, as well as data from STM measurements, and sample area-averaging spectroscopic techniques, such as XPS and NEXAFS, to derive as complete a picture as possible of the investigated system. 

The vanadium(IV) complex of salen in zeolite was found to be an effective catalyst for the room temperature epoxidation of cyclohexene using t-butyl hydroperoxide as oxidant.88 Well-characterized vanadyl bis-bipyridine complexes encapsulated in Y zeolite were used as oxidation catalysts.101 Ligation of manganese ions in zeolites with 1,4,7-triazacyclononanes gives rise to a binu-clear complex stabilized by the zeolites but allows oxidation with excellent selectivity (Scheme 7.4). 

The experimental observations were interpreted by assuming that the redox cycle starts with the formation of a complex between the catalyst and the substrate. This species undergoes intramolecular two-electron transfer and produces vanadium(II) and the quinone form of adrenaline. The organic intermediate rearranges into leucoadrenochrome which is oxidized to the final product also in a two-electron redox step. The +2 oxidation state of vanadium is stabilized by complex formation with the substrate. Subsequent reactions include the autoxidation of the V(II) complex to the product as well as the formation of aVOV4+ intermediate which is reoxidized to V02+ by dioxygen. These reactions also produce H2O2. The model also takes into account the rapidly established equilibria between different vanadium-substrate complexes which react with 02 at different rates. The concentration and pH dependencies of the reaction rate provided evidence for the formation of a V(C-RH)3 complex in which the formal oxidation state of vanadium is +4. 

It is quite often possible to prepare hydroxypyridinone complexes directly by one-pot synthesis from the appropriate hydroxypyranone, amine, and metal salt 90-92). They can also be prepared by reacting complexes such as P-diketonates with hydroxypyridinones (see e.g., Ce, Mo later). Several maltolate complexes, of stoichiometry ML2, ML3, ML4, or MOL2, have been prepared by electrochemical oxidation of the appropriate metal anode, M — a first-row d-block metal (Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni), In, Zr, or Hf, in a solution of maltol in organic solvent mixtures 92). Preparations of, e.g., manganese(III), vanadium(III), or vanadium(V) complexes generally involve oxidation... 

L — maltolate the coordination environment of the vanadium in K[V02(malt)2] H2O is approximately octahedral, the two 0x0 ligands being in cis positions. [K(H20)e] units link adjacent vanadium(V) complex anions to give a chain structure 166). The main products of aerobic oxidation of [V O(dmpp)2l in aqueous solution are [V02(dmpp)] and [VOo(dmpp)2]. High pH favors these V products, whereas at low pH V species predominate 171). Vanadium(V) also forms a VO(OR)(malt)2 series, readily prepared from ammonium vanadate, maltol, and the appropriate alcohol in a water-alcohol-dichloromethane medium 172), and 3-hydroxy-4-pyridinonate analogues V0(0R)L2 on oxidation of their oxovanadium(IV) precursors in solution in the appropriate alcohol ROH 168). 

Vanadium(III) (118) and vanadium(V) (430) complexes, like vana-dium(IV), enhance insulin action. The vanadium(III) complexes are more resistant to aerial oxidation than expected, so need not be ruled out on that count. However the vanadium(III) and vanadium(V) complexes tested so far have not proved as effective as BMOV (431). 

Murphy et al. made an extensive study of a number of vanadium oxides and discovered the excellent electrochemical behavior of the partially reduced vanadium oxide, VeOis, which reacts with up to 1 LiA/. They also recognized that the method of preparation, which determines the V 0 ratio, critically controls the capacity for reaction with lithium. The structure consists of alternating double and single sheets of vanadium oxide sheets made up of distorted VOe octahedra. A variety of sites are available for lithium intercalation, which if filled sequentially would lead to the various steps seen in the discharge curve. The lattice first expands along the c-axis and then along the b-axis. Thomas et ai 87 91 an in-depth study of the complex... 

The double layers of vanadium oxide found in the xerogel have been described in a number of other vanadium oxides by Galy ° and Oka ° they also form the double sheets described above for VeOis. These oxides, in which the vanadium is found in distorted VOe octahedra, show particularly attractive electrochemical capacities " exceeding 200 mAh/g in some cases, as shown in Figure 9. However, at the present time their rate capability appears somewhat limited. More recently vanadium oxide nanotubes have been synthesized, first by Spahr et these compounds also contain double sheets of vanadium oxide and again have interesting but complex... 

Vanadium(n) Complexes.—Dehydration of VSO. THjO has been shown to proceed via the formation of VS04,mH20 (where n = 6, 4, or 1) and V(OH)-(SO4), which were characterized by X-ray studies. The polarographic behaviour and the oxidation potential of the V -l,2-cyclohexanediamine-tetra-acetic acid complex, at pH 6—12, have been determined.Formation constants and electronic spectra have been reported for the [Vlphen),] " and [V20(phen)] complexes. The absorption spectrum of V ions doped in cadmium telluride has been presented and interpreted on a crystal-field model. The unpaired spin density in fluorine 2pit-orbitals of [VF ] , arising from covalent transfer and overlap with vanadium orbitals, has been determined by ENDOR spectroscopy and interpreted using a covalent model. " ... 

The kinetics of the reaction between [V(salen)] in pyridine and oxygen have been determined and interpreted in terms of the formation of a [V(salen)] -oxygen adduct. This reinforces the view that vanadium(iii) complexes can act as oxygen carriers. The oxidation of the 1,2-cyclohexanediaminetetra-acetic acid complex of V " has been studied in solutions of pH 6—12. ... 

The kinetics and stoicheiometry of the oxidation of oxovanadium(iv) by peroxide have been studied and continuous-flow e.s.r. techniques used to investigate the intermediate which appears to be a vanadium(v) complex with a paramagnetic ligand, formulated as either [OVOO,aq] or [V02(H02). aq]. Six- and seven-co-ordinate vanadium(v) has been identified by. Y-ray crystallography in the peroxo-complexes (NH4)[V0(02)2-Nh ]36o (NH4)4[0 V0(02)2 2] respcctively. and seven-co-ordination... 

Newer types of the dinuclear vanadium(IV) complex catalysts 84 have been developed. The abovementioned dinuclear vanadium complexes possess a VO V linkage whereas the ESR study on the catalyst 84 revealed no V—O—V linkage. The sense of enantioselection by the catalyst 84 of the (R,5,5)-structure is opposite to that of the binuclear complex 78a of the same (R,5,5)-structure. These results suggested two active sites attached to the binaphthyl skeleton in the catalyst 84 performed the dual activation of 2-naphthols in the oxidative couphng to achieve high enantioselectivity ... 

One of the breakthroughs in the field was reported in 1983 by Mimoun and coworkers . On that occasion they reported the synthesis, characterization and radical reactivity of a class of vanadium peroxo complexes representative of which is the species V0(02)pic (HaOIa, 36. The oxidative ability of this complex has been tested with several aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and the synthetic results obtained can be summarized as in Scheme 20. 

Vanadium, in different oxidation states, has been used in conjunction with dipicolinic acid and its analogues to produce coordination complexes. A selection of vanadium-containing complexes is discussed below. 

In this paper selectivity in partial oxidation reactions is related to the manner in which hydrocarbon intermediates (R) are bound to surface metal centers on oxides. When the bonding is through oxygen atoms (M-O-R) selective oxidation products are favored, and when the bonding is directly between metal and hydrocarbon (M-R), total oxidation is preferred. Results are presented for two redox systems ethane oxidation on supported vanadium oxide and propylene oxidation on supported molybdenum oxide. The catalysts and adsorbates are stuped by laser Raman spectroscopy, reaction kinetics, and temperature-programmed reaction. Thermochemical calculations confirm that the M-R intermediates are more stable than the M-O-R intermediates. The longer surface residence time of the M-R complexes, coupled to their lack of ready decomposition pathways, is responsible for their total oxidation. 

The technique of solid-state NMR used to characterize supported vanadium oxide catalysts has been recently identified as a powerful tool (22, 23). NMR is well suited for the structural analysis of disordered systems, such as the two-dimensional surface vanadium-oxygen complexes to be present on the surfaces, since only the local environment of the nucleus under study is probed by this method. The nucleus is very amenable to solid-state NMR investigations, because of its natural abundance (99.76%) and favourable relaxation characteristics. A good amount of work has already been reported on this technique (19, 20, 22, 23). Similarly, the development of MAS technique has made H NMR an another powerful tool for characterizing Br 6nsted acidity of zeolites and related catalysts. In addition to the structural information provided by this method direct proportionality of the signal intensity to the number of contributing nuclei makes it a very useful technique for quantitative studies. 

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