Yasuo Izumi, Yasuhiro Iwasawa
American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry, Preprints 1993年3月
Carbido ruthenium carbonyl cluster [Ru6C(CO)16(CH3)]-(dRu-Ru= 0.290 nm) was supported on MgO and La2O3, and transformed to decarbonylated clusters [Ru6C)] by evacuation at 623 K. The framework of the [Ru6C] has the Ru-Ru distance of 0.261 nm (MgO) or 0.262 nm (La2O3) by means of EXAFS. When the clusters were interacted with a mixture of CO and H2at 523 K. The cluster framework expanded to have the Ru-Ru distance of 0.287 nm (MgO) and 0.277 nm (La2O3). The expanded clusters were shrunk by CO desorption. This CO-breathing cycle is also monitored with the Ru(-C-) Ru multiple scattering peak (0.410 nm) by EXAFS. The CO-breathing carbido clusters were selective for the catalytic synthesis of oxygenates (methanol, dimethyl ether, and formaldehyde) from CO/H2.