OB40 Determination of the Catalytic Active Site and Reaction Mechanism for Methanol Oxidation by Aqueous Vanadium Haloperoxidase Functional Mimics

Wednesday, June 8, 2011: 2:10 PM
Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Julie E. Molinari, Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA and Israel E. Wachs, Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
To bridge the gap between inorganic and protein based vanadate oxidation catalysts, we have used in-situ Raman, UV-Vis, and ATR-IR spectroscopy during methanol oxidation to examine the vanadium haloperoxidase functional mimic K[VO(O2)(heida)].  Methanol oxidation was used to provide important information on the active site and mechanism of oxidation by K[VO(O2)(heida)].

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