“…As to the Bronsted sites, at low coverage the adsorption occurs mainly on the bridging OH groups adsorbing at 3610 and 3630 cm-1 in HZSM-5 and HY zeolites, respectively (spectrum 4 in Figure 3a and spectrum 3 in Figure 3b). The so-called (A, B, C) trio of bands appears at ~2890, ~2400, and ~1700 cm-1, typical for medium-strong and strong H complexes in vapors, liquids, and solids.313*34 According to experimental and theoretical 1 O-H bond lengths and TOH angles (T = Si, Al) of the terminal OH groups not involved in the modeled interactions are equal to those optimized for Si(OH)417 (Du point group symmetry) and 20• 1(0 )318 molecules.6 R(SiO) are equal to those for Si(OH)4.17'02, 03, 04, and O5 atoms in lb are fixed to model steric constraint of the Si-(OH)-Al fragment in the lattice (see refs 18 and 19 for more details); their positions correspond to those of (HO)3SiOHAl(OH)3 molecule (see the table), shifted from the optimal positions by AR(SiO,) = AR(A10,) = 0.05 A and A/SiO,A1 = 5°for lb' and by AR(SiO,) = AR(A10,) = -0.05 A and A/SiO,AI = -5" for lb". d For H20 molecule, its gas-phase geometry was adopted: ( ) = 0.96 A and zHOH = 104°.…”