Adsorption and ring-opening of lactide on the chiral metal surface Pt(321)S studied by density functional theory

Franke, J-F., and Kosov, D.S. (2015) Adsorption and ring-opening of lactide on the chiral metal surface Pt(321)S studied by density functional theory. Journal of Chemical Physics, 142 (4). 044703. pp. 1-7.

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Abstract

We study the adsorption and ring-opening of lactide on the naturally chiral metal surface Pt(321) S . Lactide is a precursor for polylactic acid ring-opening polymerization, and Pt is a well known catalyst surface. We study, here, the energetics of the ring-opening of lactide on a surface that has a high density of kink atoms. These sites are expected to be present on a realistic Pt surface and show enhanced catalytic activity. The use of a naturally chiral surface also enables us to study potential chiral selectivity effects of the reaction at the same time. Using density functional theory with a functional that includes the van der Waals forces in a first-principles manner, we find modest adsorption energies of around 1.4 eV for the pristine molecule and different ring-opened states. The energy barrier to be overcome in the ring-opening reaction is found to be very small at 0.32 eV and 0.30 eV for LL- and its chiral partner DD-lactide, respectively. These energies are much smaller than the activation energy for a dehydrogenation reaction of 0.78 eV. Our results thus indicate that (a) ring-opening reactions of lactide on Pt(321) can be expected already at very low temperatures, and Pt might be a very effective catalyst for this reaction; (b) the ring-opening reaction rate shows noticeable enantioselectivity.

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Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1089-7690
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The following article appeared in Franke, J-F., and Kosov, D.S. (2015) Adsorption and ring-opening of lactide on the chiral metal surface Pt(321)S studied by density functional theory. Journal of Chemical Physics, 142 (4). pp. 1-7. and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4906151.

Funders: Francqui Foundation, and Programme d’Actions de Recherche Concertées de la Communauté Francaise, Belgium, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique de Belgique (F.R.S.-FNRS)
Projects and Grants: F.R.S.-FNRS Grant No. 2.5020.11
Date Deposited: 23 Jun 2015 23:47
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