2 ] são produzidas sob CO. Reações sob vácuo exibem fatores entálpicos baixos e fatores entrópicos muito negativos ( H ‡ = 71,4 ± 3,5 kJ mol -1 and S ‡ = -102 ± 11 J K -1 mol -1 ), comparados com fatores entálpicos muito mais altos e fatores entrópicos positivos para reações de substituição dissociativa de CO por P(n-Bu) 3 em xileno observadas em outros trabalhos. A reação a 66 C sob vácuo é cerca de 10 3 vezes mais rápida do que reações dissociativas 'espontâneas'de CO em solução. Conclui-se que a substituição intrazeólito ocorre por um mecanismo "assistido por zeólito" em que dois íons óxidos nas paredes da cavidade deslocam simultaneamente dois ligantes CO vizinhos do [Mo(CO) 6 ]. Isso contrasta com valores de entalpia ainda menores e de entropia mais negativos para o deslocamento simultâneo de três ligantes CO vizinhos em reações de descarbonilação térmica. As cavidades comportam-se como ligantes "zeolato" aniônicos multidentados, com números variáveis de íons O 2-participando da criação de estados de transição altamente ordenados. Os resultados enfatizam o alto grau com que estes estudos cinéticos podem revelar detalhes íntimos da natureza dos efeitos ativadores. Reactions under vacuum exhibit low enthalpic and very negative entropic factors ( H ‡ = 71.4 ± 3.5 kJ mol -1 and S ‡ = -102 ± 11 J K -1 mol -1 ) compared with much higher enthalpic and positive entropic factors for CO dissociative reactions with P(n-Bu) 3 in xylene observed elsewhere. Reaction at 66 C under vacuum is ca.10 3 times faster than "spontaneous" CO dissociative reactions in solution. Intrazeolite substitution is concluded to occur by a "zeolite assisted" mechanism in which two oxide ions in the cavity walls simultaneously displace two neighbouring CO ligands from the [Mo (CO) 6 ]. This contrasts with even lower enthalpy, and more negative entropy values, for simultaneous displacement of three neighbouring CO ligands in thermal decarbonylation reactions. The -cages behave as multidentate anionic "zeolate" ligands with varying numbers of O 2-ions participating to create highly ordered transition states. These results emphasize the high degree to which such kinetic studies can reveal intimate details of the nature of these activating effects.Keywords: hexacarbonylmolybdenum(0), Na 56 Y zeolite, intrazeolite kinetics, PMe 3 substitution
IntroductionThe catalytic effect of zeolite cavities on many chemical reactions has been well known for over 60 years. 1 However, it was not until much later 2-4 that the intrazeolite kinetics Fernandez et al. 863 Vol. 19, No. 5, 2008 of some simple stoichiometric reactions were reported, reactions that had previously been thoroughly studied in homogeneous solution and the gas phase. 5 136 ). Preliminary studies of the reactions in other M 56 Y zeolites were also reported. 4 Apart from the detection 3 of what were essentially bimolecular substitution reactions with physisorbed PMe 3 , a very striking observation was the very low activation enthalpy of the CO exchange reaction which was offset, b...