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SUBMITTER: Dietl N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3743165 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dietl Nicolas N Zhang Xinhao X van der Linde Christian C Beyer Martin K MK Schlangen Maria M Schwarz Helmut H
Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20130115 9
The reactivities of the adamantane-like heteronuclear vanadium-phosphorus oxygen cluster ions [V(x)P(4-x)O(10)](.+) (x=0, 2-4) towards hydrocarbons strongly depend on the V/P ratio of the clusters. Possible mechanisms for the gas-phase reactions of these heteronuclear cations with ethene and ethane have been elucidated by means of DFT-based calculations; homolytic C-H bond activation constitutes the initial step, and for all systems the P-O(.) unit of the clusters serves as the reactive site. Mo ...[more]