N. Das et al., BONDING STATES OF SURFACE VANADIUM(V) OXIDE PHASES ON SILICA - STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION BY V-51 NMR AND RAMAN-SPECTROSCOPY, Journal of physical chemistry, 97(31), 1993, pp. 8240-8243
The coordination and local order of vanadium(V) surface oxides on sili
ca are examined by V-51 spin echo and MAS NMR, as well as by Raman spe
ctroscopy. Comparison with corresponding data on two crystallographica
lly characterized model compounds, [Ph3SiO]3VO and [(c-C6H11)7(Si7O12)
VO]2, reveals unambiguously that the vanadia species found at the sili
ca surface is a three-legged (SiO)3V=O unit. These results support the
hypothesis that silsesquioxanes are appropriate model systems for hyd
roxylated silica surfaces.