The interaction of Py with other adsorbates, whose behaviour was investigated previously, is studied here by i.r. spectroscopy and microgravimetry, both to confirm previous assignments and to gain new information on the nature of alumina surface sites. Py/CO interactions reveal that the strongest Lewis acidic sites (AlcusIV ions) are heterogeneous, whereas the adsorption of Py alone and the use of any simple surface model does not show this. Py/H2O interactions indicate that Py adsorbed at AlcusIV ions is selectively and non reversibly removed, as these sites are the favoured centres for surface rehydration. Other weaker Lewis adsorbed Py species are, in contrast, involved in surface equilibria with adsorbing water. Py/CO2 interactions indicate that Py Lewis coordination inhibits σ-coordination of CO 2 and that it induces an unusual basicity in surface oxygens, so that monodentate and bidenate carbonates are formed upon CO2 uptake. However, two types of surface bicarbonates are inhibited, either through the coordination of Py at the proper acidic centre, or through strong H bonding between Lewis coordinated Py and the "reactive" hydroxyl. Chemical evidence is found for cooperative effects and lateral interactions involving coordinated Py species, which were previously postulated on the basis of the spectroscopic features of adsorbed species.

Surface acidity of η-alumina. Part 2. Interaction of pyridine with other adsorbates / C., Morterra; S., Coluccia; G., Ghiotti; Garrone, Edoardo. - In: JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY. FARADAY TRANSACTIONS I. - ISSN 0300-9599. - 75:(1979), pp. 289-304. [10.1039/F19797500289]

Surface acidity of η-alumina. Part 2. Interaction of pyridine with other adsorbates

GARRONE, EDOARDO
1979

Abstract

The interaction of Py with other adsorbates, whose behaviour was investigated previously, is studied here by i.r. spectroscopy and microgravimetry, both to confirm previous assignments and to gain new information on the nature of alumina surface sites. Py/CO interactions reveal that the strongest Lewis acidic sites (AlcusIV ions) are heterogeneous, whereas the adsorption of Py alone and the use of any simple surface model does not show this. Py/H2O interactions indicate that Py adsorbed at AlcusIV ions is selectively and non reversibly removed, as these sites are the favoured centres for surface rehydration. Other weaker Lewis adsorbed Py species are, in contrast, involved in surface equilibria with adsorbing water. Py/CO2 interactions indicate that Py Lewis coordination inhibits σ-coordination of CO 2 and that it induces an unusual basicity in surface oxygens, so that monodentate and bidenate carbonates are formed upon CO2 uptake. However, two types of surface bicarbonates are inhibited, either through the coordination of Py at the proper acidic centre, or through strong H bonding between Lewis coordinated Py and the "reactive" hydroxyl. Chemical evidence is found for cooperative effects and lateral interactions involving coordinated Py species, which were previously postulated on the basis of the spectroscopic features of adsorbed species.
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