Concepedia

Observation of Exceptionally Strong Binding of Molecular Hydrogen in a Porous Material:  Formation of an η<sup>2</sup>-H<sub>2</sub> Complex in a Cu-Exchanged ZSM-5 Zeolite

Peter A. Georgiev, Alberto Albinati, Barbara L. Mojet, Jacques Ollivier, Juergen Eckert

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2007 · 72 citations · 17 references

DOI

Concepts

Abstract

We have measured the rotational tunneling spectrum of a Cu−ZSM-5 zeolite after loading with H2, by means of inelastic incoherent neutron scattering. The peaks at ±0.80 and ±1.73 cm-1 unambiguously demonstrate the formation of a strongly bound Cu(η2-H2) complex.

References

17

Characterization of the first examples of isolable molecular hydrogen complexes, M(CO)3(PR3)2(H2) (M = molybdenum or tungsten; R = Cy or isopropyl). Evidence for a side-on bonded dihydrogen ligand

Gregory J. Kubas, R. R. Ryan, B. I. Swanson et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 1984 · 743 citations

, , +15

Computational studies of molecular hydrogen binding affinities: The role of dispersion forces, electrostatics, and orbital interactions

Rohini C. Lochan, Martin Head‐Gordon · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · 2006 · 538 citations

Hydrogen Adsorption in Nanoporous Nickel(II) Phosphates

Paul M. Forster, Juergen Eckert, Jong-San Chang et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2003 · 261 citations

, , +15

Adsorption of Molecular Hydrogen on Coordinatively Unsaturated Ni(II) Sites in a Nanoporous Hybrid Material

Paul M. Forster, Juergen Eckert, Brandon D. Heiken et al. · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2006 · 198 citations

Can Cu<sup>+</sup>-Exchanged Zeolites Store Molecular Hydrogen? An Ab-Initio Periodic Study Compared with Low-Temperature FTIR

Xavier Solans‐Monfort, Vicenç Branchadell, Mariona Sodupe et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B · 2004 · 94 citations

, , +15