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Journal of Catalysis 256 (2008) 145–153 /locate/jcat Is there a relationship between the M=O bond length (strength) of bulk mixed metal oxides and their catalytic activity? a b a,∗ Kamalakanta Routray , Laura E. Briand , Israel E. Wachs a Operando Molecular Spectroscopy and Catalysis Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Department, 111 Research Drive, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA b Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas–Dr. Jorge J. Ronco, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calle 47 No. 257 (1900), La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Received 1 January 2008; revised 8 March 2008; accepted 10 March 2008 Abstract It is widely accepted in the catalysis literature that the bulk M=O bond of bulk mixed metal oxides controls catalytic activity. In the present study, for the first time, the bulk M=O bond lengths (strengths) and the surface catalytic activity of bulk metal vanadates and molybdates were quantitatively compared to allow examination of this long-standing hypothesis. The bulk M=O bond lengths were obtained from crystallographic studies and also determined by Raman spectroscopy. The surface catalytic activity was determined by CH3OH-temperature programmed surface reaction (TPSR) spectroscopy and steady-state methanol oxidation. The CH3OH-TPSR experiments provided the first-order rate constants for