A
dso
rption of CO on Rh-ZSM-5 lea
ds to the fo
rmation of the well-known Rh
+(CO)
2 gem-
dica
rbonyls, withvib
rational f
requencies
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s(CO) at 2114 cm
-1 an
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as(CO) at 2048 cm
-1, an
d the Rh
2+(CO)
2 species (2176 an
d2142 cm
-1). The
dica
rbonyl st
ructu
res have been p
roven by
12CO-
13CO co-a
dso
rption. The Rh
2+(CO)
2 speciesa
re not able to accommo
date a thi
rd CO ligan
d even at 100 K, but in the p
resence of NO, they fo
rm Rh
2+(CO)
2(NO) complexes. These a
re cha
racte
rize
d by
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s(CO) at 2181 cm
-1,
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as(CO) at 2153 cm
-1, an
d ![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
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-1. The composition of the species is establishe
d using isotopic labele
d molecules
13CO an
d 15NO.In excellent ag
reement with the values
de
rive
d with an app
roximate fo
rce-fiel
d mo
del, the Rh
2+(
12CO)(
13CO)(NO) species have been foun
d to
display
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12CO) at 2168 cm
-1 an
d ![](/images/gifcha<font color=)
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13CO) at 2116 cm
-1. Co-a
dso
rption ofCO an
d a
14NO-
15NO mixtu
re
reveals the existence of only one NO ligan
d in the complex. Complementa
ry
density functional mo
deling of both suppo
rte
d an
d isolate
d mo
del complexes suggests the
dica
rbonyl complexesof Rh
+ an
d Rh
2+ to be plana
r an
d boun
d close to Al cente
rs of the zeolite f
ramewo
rk. While the location ofthe
dinit
rosyl complex of Rh
+ in the zeolite f
ramewo
rk is simila
r to that of
dica
rbonyls, the Rh
2+(CO)
2(NO)complex is consi
de
rably
disto
rte
d in this position, an
d the simulate
d N-O f
requencies
diffe
r st
rongly f
romthe expe
rimental ones. The vib
rational f
requencies of the ligan
ds in the mixe
d complex a
re
dete
rmine
d to besimila
r to the expe
rimental values only when the complex is boun
d to one zeolite oxygen cente
r o
r when thecomplex is isolate
d insi
de the zeolite cavity. On this basis, it is conclu
de
d that inse
rtion of a NO moleculein the Rh
2+(CO)
2 complex is accompanie
d by the b
reaking of one o
r two bon
ds between the Rh
2+ cation an
dzeolite oxygen atoms.