Electronic state and three-dimensional structure of Mn(III) active sites in manganese-containing aluminophosphate molecular sieve catalysts for the oxyfunctionalisation of alkanes

Furio Corà; Gopinathan Sankar; C Richard A Catlow; John Meurig Thomas

doi:10.1039/b110017c

Electronic state and three-dimensional structure of Mn(III) active sites in manganese-containing aluminophosphate molecular sieve catalysts for the oxyfunctionalisation of alkanes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2002 Apr 7:(7):734-5. doi: 10.1039/b110017c.

Authors

Furio Corà¹, Gopinathan Sankar, C Richard A Catlow, John Meurig Thomas

Affiliation

¹ Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of GB, 21 Albemarle Street, London, UK W1S 4BS.

PMID: 12119697
DOI: 10.1039/b110017c

Abstract

Combined in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements and quantum mechanical calculations yield a quantitative three-dimensional structure of the tetrahedrally coordinated Mn(III) active sites in MnAlPO catalysts.