“…With ethylene, CO and H 2 , Cr 2+ is the dominant species on silica, while on alumina Cr 3+ is preferentially formed . The obtained reduced Cr n + species (with n = 2, 3, or 5) can be either saturated or unsaturated, and the latter will readily chemisorb different molecules, like ammonia, water, olefins, alcohols, ethers, CO, and NO. − ,− ,,,, The interaction between Cr 5+ and ammonia, ethylene, and water has been extensively investigated by ESR. , Upon adsorption of small water doses on Cr/SiO 2 , pseudotetrahedral Cr 5+ (coordination number of 4) is converted to a square-planar Cr 5+ (coordination number of 5) and octahedral Cr 5+ (coordination number of 6). The same results are obtained with ethylene instead of water …”