ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The kinetics of gas-phase electron transfer reactions for a variety of metal-containing reactants have been studied by using Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry. Classes of ion/molecule processes studied include both self-exchange (thermoneutral) and exoergic cross reactions. The molecules investigated include metallocenes and octahedral coordination complexes of the transition elements. In a few cases, direct comparisons of condensed-phase and gas-phase reactivities can be made. The experiments with octahedral coordination complexes are the first studies of Werner-type metal complexes in electron-transfer reactions in the gas phase. Simple theoretical models involving unimolecular rate theory, classical reorganization barriers, and quantum mechanical approaches are used to rationalize the dependence of the overall rates of these reactions on the molecular properties of the reactants. In particular, the role of Franck-Condon factors in charge-transfer reactions is examined, and theoretically estimated factors are compared with experiment for a typical metallocene, ferrocene.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560340864
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