Catalysis Letters

, Volume 21, Issue 1–2, pp 149–155 | Cite as

IR study of the interaction of hydroxyl groups of silica gel with Cr species of Phillips' type catalysts

  • Madoka Nishimura
  • John Meurig Thomas
Article

Abstract

Spectroscopic evidence for the interaction of hydroxyl groups and chromium ions was obtained using a catalyst prepared from chromyl chloride. A new OH peak, observed at 3705 cm−1 after pumping away CO gas, is attributed to the direct interaction of OH with the low-valent chromium. This peak shifts to 3590 cm−1 on contact with O2 at room temperature and it is assigned to a hydroxyl interacting with the oxidized chromium. New assignments are also proposed for IR bands of CO presorbed on the catalyst. The peak due to CO at 2188 cm−1 decreases as the OH intensity at 3705 cm−1 increases, suggesting that the former peak arises from adsorption on Cr(II) species to which two oxygen atoms are attached.

Keywords

Cr/SiO2 ethylene polymerization surface hydroxyl groups FTIR Phillips catalyst CO adsorption 

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© J.C. Baltzer AG, Science Publishers 1993

Authors and Affiliations

  • Madoka Nishimura
    • 1
  • John Meurig Thomas
    • 1
  1. 1.Davy Faraday Research LaboratoryThe Royal Institution of Great BritainLondonUK

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