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Olefin Hydrogenation with Single-Site Gold
Szlachetko, J.
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Lothschuetz, C.
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Sa, J.
Butene hydrogenation activity is intimately connected with the occupied and unoccupied electronic states of gold active site. We prepare well-defined Au(III) sites in IRMOF-3 structure, and tuned the metal density-of-states by replacing the substituent group of the coordinating group at position 5. Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering experiments and theoretical calculations revealed an increase in unoccupied 5d states of Au when the substituent group is a donating group, which leads to a dramatic increase in catalytic activity.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000339830200022
Authors
Szlachetko, J.
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Lothschuetz, C.
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Sa, J.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Published in
Volume
125
Issue
4
Start page
940
End page
943
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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Available on Infoscience
August 29, 2014
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