Dynamics of Silica-Supported Catalysts Determined by Combining Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and DFT Calculations
- 11 April 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of the American Chemical Society
- Vol. 130 (18), 5886-5900
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ja077749v
Abstract
The molecular dynamics of a series of organometallic complexes covalently bound to amorphous silica surfaces is determined experimentally using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations (DFT). The determination is carried out for a series of alkylidene-based catalysts having the general formula [(≡SiO)M(ER)(═CHtBu)(R′)] (M = Re, Ta, Mo or W; ER = CtBu, NAr or CH2tBu; R′ = CH2tBu, NPh2, NC4H4). Proton−carbon dipolar coupling constants and carbon chemical shift anisotropies (CSA) are determined experimentally by solid-state NMR. Room-temperature molecular dynamics is quantified through order parameters determined from the experimental data. For the chemical shift anisotropy data, we validate and use a method that integrates static values for the CSA obtained computationally by DFT, obviating the need for low-temperature measurements. Comparison of the room-temperature data with the calculations shows that the widths of the calculated static limit dipolar couplings and CSAs are always greater than the experimentally determined values, providing a clear indication of motional averaging on the NMR time scale. Moreover, the dynamics are found to be significantly different within the series of molecular complexes, with order parameters ranging from <Sz> = 0.5 for [(≡SiO)Ta(═CHtBu)(CH2tBu)2] and [(≡SiO)Re(≡CtBu)(═CHtBu)(CH2tBu)] to <Sz> = 0.9 for [(≡SiO)Mo(≡NAr)(═CHtBu)(R′) with R′ = CH2tBu, NPh2, NC4H4. The data also show that the motion is not isotropic and could be either a jump between two sites or more likely restricted librational motion. The dynamics are discussed in terms of the molecular structure of the surface organometallic complexes, and the orientation of the CSAs tensor at the alkylidene carbon is shown to be directly related to the magnitude of the α-alkylidene CH agostic interation.Keywords
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