Ai. Gren et al., HOST-GUEST CHEMISTRY IN THE GAS-PHASE - COMPLEXES OF CROWN-ETHERS WITH FE(CO)(N)(+) IONS, Rapid communications in mass spectrometry, 9(9), 1995, pp. 837-839
The complexes formed between a series of 19 different crown ethers and
Fe(CO)(n)(+) ions are described. It is found that the energy released
in the reactions increases with the crown ether ring size. The bicycl
ic-ring crown ethers can form sandwich type compounds with the reagent
.