An investigation into the reactivity of organometallic noble gas complexes: A time-resolved infrared study in supercritical noble gas and alkane solution at room temperature
Dc. Grills et al., An investigation into the reactivity of organometallic noble gas complexes: A time-resolved infrared study in supercritical noble gas and alkane solution at room temperature, J PHYS CH A, 104(18), 2000, pp. 4300-4307
A series of Group 7 organometallic noble gas complexes, (eta(5)-C5R5)M(CO)(
2)L(M = Mn and Re; R = H, Me. and Et (Mn only); L = Kr and Xe) have been ch
aracterized in supercritical noble gas solution at room temperature using f
ast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy. The kinetics and activation parame
ters for the reaction of these complexes with CO were measured and compared
to the analogous alkane complexes, (eta(5)-C5H5)M(CO)(2)(n-heptane) (M = M
n and Re). Evidence obtained from values of the activation enthalpies and e
xperiments, in which the lifetimes of (eta(5)-C5R5)Mn(CO)(2)Xe (R = H, Me,
and Et) were measured as a function of [CO] at a constant [CO]/[Xe] ratio,
suggests that the reaction of the noble gas complexes with CO occurs mainly
via a dissociative or dissociative interchange mechanism.