Conversion of NOx1- (x = 2, 3) to NO using an oxygen-deficient polyoxovanadate-alkoxide cluster

Brittney E Petel; Ellen M Matson

doi:10.1039/c9cc08230a

Conversion of NO_x^1- (x = 2, 3) to NO using an oxygen-deficient polyoxovanadate-alkoxide cluster

Chem Commun (Camb). 2020 Jan 14;56(4):555-558. doi: 10.1039/c9cc08230a. Epub 2019 Dec 12.

Authors

Brittney E Petel¹, Ellen M Matson¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA. matson@chem.rochester.edu.

PMID: 31829341
DOI: 10.1039/c9cc08230a

Abstract

We report the activation of nitrogen-containing oxyanions using an oxygen-deficient polyoxovanadate-alkoxide cluster. Reduction of NO₂^1- and NO₃^1- results in near-quantitative oxygen atom transfer to the coordinatively unsaturated V^III ion, and selective formation of NO. These results provide insight into possible mechanisms of oxyanion reduction by polyoxometalates.