dc.contributor.author | Li, Xiansen | |
dc.contributor.author | Michaelis, Vladimir K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ong, Ta-Chung | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, Stacey J. | |
dc.contributor.author | McKay, Ian | |
dc.contributor.author | Griffin, Robert Guy | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Evelyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Mueller, Peter | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-03-12T14:46:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-03-12T14:46:30Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-01 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2013-12 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1466-8033 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95975 | |
dc.description.abstract | One-pot solvothermal synthesis of a robust tetranuclear sodium hexakis(glycolato)tris(methanolato)aluminate complex Na[subscript 3][Al[subscript 4](OCH[subscript 3])[subscript 3](OCH[subscript 2]CH[subscript 2]O)[subscript 6]] via a modified yet rigorous base-catalyzed transesterification mechanism is presented here. Single crystal X-ray diffraction (SCXRD) studies indicate that this unique Al complex contains three pentacoordinate Al[superscript 3+] ions, each bound to two bidentate ethylene glycolate chelators and one monodentate methanolate ligand. The remaining fourth Al[superscript 3+] ion is octahedrally coordinated to one oxygen atom from each of the six surrounding glycolate chelators, effectively stitching the three pentacoordinate Al moieties together into a novel tetranuclear Al complex. This aluminate complex is periodically self-assembled into well-ordered layers normal to the [110] axis with the intra-/inter-layer bonding involving extensive ionic bonds from the three charge-counterbalancing Na[superscript +] cations rather than the more typical hydrogen bonding interactions as a result of fewer free hydroxyl groups present in its structure. It can also serve as a valuable precursor toward the facile synthesis of high-surface-area alumina powders using a very efficient rapid pyrolysis technique. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (0471-1627) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB-001960) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Grant EB-002026) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grant CHE-0946721) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Postdoctoral Fellowship) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry, The | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3CE42616E | en_US |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.source | Li, Xiansen | en_US |
dc.title | One-pot solvothermal synthesis of a well-ordered layered sodium aluminoalcoholate complex: a useful precursor for the preparation of porous Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] particles | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Li, Xiansen, Vladimir K. Michaelis, Ta-Chung Ong, Stacey J. Smith, Ian McKay, Peter Müller, Robert G. Griffin, and Evelyn N. Wang. “One-Pot Solvothermal Synthesis of a Well-Ordered Layered Sodium Aluminoalcoholate Complex: a Useful Precursor for the Preparation of Porous Al[subscript 2]O[subscript 3] Particles.” CrystEngComm 16, no. 14 (2014): 2950. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | en_US |
dc.contributor.approver | Li, Xiansen | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Li, Xiansen | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Michaelis, Vladimir K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Ong, Ta-Chung | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Smith, Stacey J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | McKay, Ian | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Muller, Peter | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Griffin, Robert Guy | en_US |
dc.contributor.mitauthor | Wang, Evelyn N. | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | CrystEngComm | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Author's final manuscript | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed | en_US |
dspace.orderedauthors | Li, Xiansen; Michaelis, Vladimir K.; Ong, Ta-Chung; Smith, Stacey J.; McKay, Ian; Müller, Peter; Griffin, Robert G.; Wang, Evelyn N. | en_US |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-832X | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6708-7660 | |
dc.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7045-1200 | |
mit.license | OPEN_ACCESS_POLICY | en_US |
mit.metadata.status | Complete | |