Abstract
A quantum-chemical cluster model has been proposed which provides an adequate description of electronic charge on differently coordinated aluminium atoms both in the bulk and on the surface of γ-Al2O3. It also describes Lewis acidity of the surface aluminium atoms characterized by (a) the energy of interaction with electron donor molecules, (b) position of the local acceptor energy levels and (c) atomic charge. The model empolys the semi-empirical MO CNDO/2 method in a standard parametrisation. Geometrical optimisation of surface atoms is shown to be important for the electronic modelling properties of Lewis-acid sites.
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