Gas-phase oxidation of Group 6 metal carbonyl anions

Conceptual DFT and TDDFT study on electronic structure and reactivity of pure and sulfur doped (CrO3)n (n = 1-10) clusters

Different isomers of (CrO₃)_n (n = 1-10) cluster units have been investigated using Density functional approach. Their stability and reactivity has been analyzed by plotting chemical potential and HOMO-LUMO gap as a function of cluster size. The CrO₃, (CrO₃)₆ and (CrO₃)₉ are identified as the most reactive species. Reactivity of each atomic site in the cluster has been interpreted using local reactivity descriptors called Fukui Function plots. The clusters have been doped with sulfur by adding it as substitutional impurity, effect of sulfur doping has been understood by analyzing excitation energies and absorption wavelengths using time dependent-DFT(TDDFT) at CAM-B3LYP level of theory.

Reactions between CO and small molybdenum suboxide cluster anions

Reaction products resulting from small molybdenum suboxide cluster anions and carbon monoxide were studied with both mass spectrometry and anion photoelectron (PE) spectroscopy. In addition to the C6O6- product proposed previously, a number of unsaturated carbonyls were identified as terminal products in these reactions. A new PE spectrum of what may be C6O6-, in which the contribution from the Fe(CO)4- contaminant is subtracted, is reported. Additionally, the PE spectra of Mo(CO)5-, MoO(CO)3-, and MoO2(CO)n- (n=1 and 2) are presented, along with a new PE spectrum of an additional contaminant, Ni(CO)3-. Evidence of photodissociation of MoO(CO)3- to MoO-+3 CO is observed in the PE spectrum of MoO(CO)3-.

Capabilities of static TOF-SIMS in the differentiation of first-row transition metal oxides

Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) analyses were performed on the first-row transition metal oxides from scandium to zinc in positive and negative detection modes. The nature of the numerous M(x)O(y)(+/-) ionic species generated by 15 keV Ga(+) primary ion bombardment allows the identification of a given metal-oxygen system. To identify the metal valence in the oxide under investigation, several procedures were investigated: the detection of specific and characteristic ions, the use of ion abundance ratios and the use of a valence model. Owing to their importance in many fields of materials science, each of these speciation methodologies was evaluated for the differentiation of vanadium, titanium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt and copper oxides. Trivalent-hexavalent chromium distinction was first intensely investigated because it really corresponds to a model system for inorganic speciation. For each series of metal oxides, the more pertinent speciation criteria were then systematically tested. The limitations of the proposed methodologies are discussed. Their use is made complicated when pollutants or a superficial oxide layer, with a stoichiometry different from that of the bulk, are present. Finally, thermodynamic considerations relative to the stability of the M(x)O(y)(+/-) ions may also modify the relationship between the analyzed oxide and the observed positive and negative secondary ion mass spectra.

Insertion reactions of metal carbonyl anions with methyl formate in the gas phase as revealed by (13)C- and D-labeling

School of Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia Institute of Mass Spectrometry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht The gas-phase reactions of coordinatively unsaturated metal carbonyl anions (M(CO) n (-) , M=Cr, Mn, Fe, Co; n=0-3 and Co(CO)nNO(-), n=0-2) with unlabeled and D- and (13)C-labeled methyl formate have been studied with Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. The reactions proceed in most instances by loss of one or more CO molecules from the collision complex. In the reactions of the dicarbonyl and tricarbonyl anions with H(13)COOCH3, part of the eliminated carbon monoxide molecules contain the label revealing the occurrence of initial insertion of the metal center into the bonds adjacent to the carbonyl function of the substrate with formation of five- or six-coordinate intermediates, respectively. In addition, the MnCCO) 3 (-) , Fe(CO) 2 (-) , and CoCCO) 2 (-) ions react by the loss of methanol and a [C,H2,O] neutral species. The D- and (13)C-labeling show that methanol is expelled in a reductive elimination from a five- or six-coordinate species, whereas the [C,H2,O] loss is a more complex process possibly involving the competing losses of formaldehyde and CO + H2. In the reaction of Fe(CO) 3 (-) with H 13 (13) COOCH3, a facile consecutive exchange of all three CO ligands of the reactant ion for (13)CO is observed. This novel reaction appears to involve initial insertion into the H(13)CO-OCH3-bond followed by facile hydrogen shifts from the formyl ligand to a CO Hgand prior to the loss of unlabeled methyl formate.