The use of a well-defined surface organometallic complex as a probe molecule: [(≡SiO)Ta(V)Cl2Me2] shows different isolated silanol sites on the silica surface

Yin Chen; Bin Zheng; Edy Abou-Hamad; Ali Hamieh; Bilel Hamzaoui; Kuo-wei Huang; Jean-marie Basset

doi:10.1039/c4cc04277h

The use of a well-defined surface organometallic complex as a probe molecule: [(≡SiO)Ta(V)Cl2Me2] shows different isolated silanol sites on the silica surface

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Oct 11;50(79):11721-3. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04277h.

Authors

Yin Chen¹, Bin Zheng, Edy Abou-Hamad, Ali Hamieh, Bilel Hamzaoui, Kuo-wei Huang, Jean-marie Basset

Affiliation

¹ King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), KAUST Catalysis Center, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia. jeanmarie.basset@kaust.edu.sa.

PMID: 25142307
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc04277h

Abstract

Ta(V)Cl2Me3 reacts with silica(700) and produces two different [(≡SiO)Ta(V)Cl2Me2] surface organometallic species, suggesting a heterogeneity of the highly dehydroxylated silica surface, which was studied with a combined experimental and theoretical approach.