Metal carbonyls dissociation

Table 2 First metal-carbonyl dissociation energy (kJ/Mol) in a number of metal carbonyls8...

The sonochemistry of solutes dissolved in organic Hquids also remains largely unexplored. The sonochemistry of metal carbonyl compounds is an exception (57). Detailed studies of these systems led to important mechanistic understandings of the nature of sonochemistry. A variety of unusual reactivity patterns have been observed during ultrasonic irradiation, including multiple ligand dissociation, novel metal cluster formation, and the initiation of homogeneous catalysis at low ambient temperature (57). 

Similar experiments on a large number of transition metal carbonyls have shown that this process favors dissociation to and detection of metal clusters or atoms. Since most metal-(CO)n photofragments are themselves subject to efficient dissociation, MPI experiments do not identify the primary photoproducts. This situation contrasts sharply with electron impact ionization where the parent ion is usually formed and daughter ions are seen as a result of parent ion fragmentation. Figure 4 shows the electron impact mass spectrum of Mn2(C0) Q (33). for comparison with the MPI mass spectrum of Figure 3. 

The development of comprehensive models for transition metal carbonyl photochemistry requires that three types of data be obtained. First, information on the dynamics of the photochemical event is needed. Which reactant electronic states are involved What is the role of radiationless transitions Second, what are the primary photoproducts Are they stable with respect to unimolecular decay Can the unsaturated species produced by photolysis be spectroscopically characterized in the absence of solvent Finally, we require thermochemical and kinetic data i.e. metal-ligand bond dissociation energies and association rate constants. We describe below how such data is being obtained in our laboratory. 

Lewis et al,16 DH° 40 Kcal/mole, but is nevertheless consistent with trends found in other transition metal carbonyls, i.e. first bond dissociation energies are typically greater than second bond dissociation energies. See Table I. Note that the DH° for... 

Table L Bond Dissociation Energies for Transition Metal Carbonyls...

Conclusions. Time-resolved CO laser absorption spectroscopy can provide information useful in characterizing the primary photochemical channels in gas-phase transition metal carbonyls. We have found that product vibrational energy distributions indicate that W(CO)g and Cr(CO>6 dissociate via different... 

Pensak and McKinney (28) [PM], using this method, have recently reported a systematic study of first-row transition metal carbonyl complexes for which experimental bond distances and angles were reliably reproduced, along with key bond dissociation energies. 

There have been fewer studies of the reactions of M ions with potential ligand molecules. Laser ablation, which has been the major ionization source for the production of bare metal ions, produces very few negative ions. Electron impact with low-energy electrons (12 eV) of metal carbonyls has been used to produce [Co(CO)4]- and Fc( CO)4 from Co2(CO)8 and Fe(CO)5. Collision-induced dissociation of these two anions produced Co- and Fc, which could be isolated. Both Co- and Fe were reacted with H2S, aliphatic thiols, aromatic thiols, CS2, and disulfides (153). Reactions with H2S gave the metal monosulfide anion [MS]-, which reacted with H2S by two pathways. 

DFT theory even seems to improve the performance of MP2 in cases where there is some small contribution of non dynamic correlation. This is seemingly the case in the BP86 computed first dissociation energies of a variety of metal carbonyls [51]. For instance, in the case of Cr(CO)6, the BP86 value is 192 kJ/mol, in exact (probably fortuitous) agreement with the (computationally most accurate) CCSD(T) value of 192 kJ/mol, but also reasonably close to the experimental value of 154 8 kJ/mol. In this case, the GGA DFT result improves clearly the local DFT SVWN value of 260 kJ/mol, and the MP2 result, wich is 243 kJ/mol. Comparable results can be found for the optimization of the Os-O distance in OsC>4 [52], which is relevant concerning olefin dihydroxylation. 

Coordination chemistry of ER The monomeric fragments E-R are isolobal to carbon monoxide, and many complexes analogous to transition metal carbonyls have been synthesized (41 to 43, see Figure 2.3-7) [68], In most cases these reactions started with those clusters which have a high tendency to dissociate and to form monomers, such as pentamethylcyclopentadienylaluminum(I) or the alkylgal-lium(I) or alkylindium(I) derivatives. Often the products are isostructural to the respective metal carbonyls, but exceptions are the gallium compounds 44 and 45. 

The lethal effects of carbon monoxide on hemoglobin had been analyzed by Claude Bernard and shown to be due to the formation of an iron-carbonyl compound. In 1891 Mond and Langer showed that iron pentacarbonyl could be dissociated by light, and in 1897 J.S. Haldane and J.L. Smith found light would decompose the carbonyl compound of hemoglobin. Other metal carbonyls are not photodecomposed. 

I propose to develop and apply such methods, based on ultrafast X-ray absorption spectroscopy, to study the ultrafast molecular motions of organometallics in solutions. In particular, initial studies will focus on photo-induced ligand dissociation and substitution reactions of transition metal carbonyls and related compounds in various solvent systems. 

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