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Activation Of Light Alkanes On Pure And Fe And Al Doped Silica Clusters: A Density Functional And Oniom Study, Mehmet Ferdi̇ Fellah, Işik Önal

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

C-H bond activation was studied by use of density functional theory (DFT) and ONIOM calculations as implemented in Gaussian 2003 at the B3LYP level utilising 6-31G* as the basis set for Si, Al, and Fe atoms and 3-21G** as the basis set for O and H atoms. Relative energy profiles were determined for pure silica modeled by a Si_7O_{21} cluster and Fe and Al doped silica clusters via coordinate driving calculations. The activation barriers for C-H bond activation of methane and ethane decrease with the substitution of Fe on the silica surface, which theoretically demonstrates a favorable effect of Fe …