Iron antimony oxide selective oxidation catalysts – an inelastic neutron scattering study

Abstract

The inelastic neutron scattering spectra of allyl iodide (3-iodopropene, CH2=CHCH2I) and allylpalladium chloride, and allyl iodide dosed onto activated iron(III) oxide and iron antimonate catalysts at room temperature have been determined to characterise the adsorbed allyl species. The spectra are energy loss vibrational spectra in the range 16–4000 cm−1. Allyl iodide is not decomposed on the surface and interacts through the localised C = C bond, more strongly with iron antimonate than with iron(III) oxide.