Stabilization of Super Electrophilic Pd+2 Cations in Small-Pore SSZ-13 Zeolite

04 October 2019, Version 2
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Abstract

We provide the first observation and characterization of super-electrophilic metal cations on a solid support. For Pd/SSZ-13 the results of our combined experimental (FTIR, XPS, HAADF-STEM) and density functional theory study reveal that Pd ions in zeolites, previously identified as Pd+3 and Pd+4, are in fact present as super electrophilic Pd+2 species (charge-transfer complex/ion pair with the negatively charged framework oxygens). In this contribution we re-assign the spectroscopic signatures of these species, discuss the unusual coordination environment of “naked” (ligand-free) super-electrophilic Pd+2 in SSZ-13, and their complexes with CO and NO. With CO, non-classical, highly positive [Pd(CO)2]2+ ions are formed with the zeolite framework acting as a weakly coordinating anion (ion pairs). Non-classical carbonyl complexes also form with Pt+2 and Ag+ in SSZ-13. The Pd+2(CO)2 complex is remarkably stable in zeolite cages even in the presence of water. Dicarbonyl and nitrosyl Pd+2 complexes, in turn, serve as precursors to the synthesis of previously inaccessible Pd+2-carbonyl-olefin [Pd(CO)(C2H4)] and -nitrosyl-olefin [Pd(NO)(C2H4)] complexes. Overall, we show that zeolite framework can stabilize super electrophilic metal (Pd) cations, and show the new chemistry of Pd/SSZ-13 system with implications for adsorption and catalysis.

Keywords

Palladium
Platinum
Zeolite SSZ-13
Metals in Zeolite
Atomically dispersed
CO and NO FTIR
XPS
DFT

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