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Title: Comparison of thionitrosyl and nitrosyl bonding in dicarbonyl(eta/sup 5/-cyclopentadienyl)chromium complexes by gas-phase ultraviolet and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00217a028· OSTI ID:6036433

The gas-phase He I/He II UPS and Mg K..cap alpha.. XPS data for the compounds (eta/sup 5/-C/sub 5/H/sub 5/)Cr(CO)/sub 2/NO and (eta/sup 5/-C/sub 5/H/sub 5/)Cr(CO)/sub 2/NS are reported. The first ionization potentials for the two complexes are nearly the same. A short C-O stretching progression in the first ionization band of the nitrosyl compound shows that it is predominantly associated with metal d character and is symmetrically ..pi.. delocalized into the carbonyls. The next two ionizations for both complexes are sensitive to the ..pi.. symmetry interaction with the NO or NS group. These ionizations are slightly destabilized and are sharper for the NS complex relative to the NO complex, showing stronger metal ..pi.. interaction with both the NS ..pi.. bond and ..pi..* orbitals. The nitrogen 1s binding energy for the NS complex is almost 2 eV lower than that for the NO complex, suggesting a much more negative charge on the NS nitrogen. In contrast, the chromium, carbon, and oxygen core binding energies do not differ significantly between the two complexes. A formal potential model analysis of the (Cr-N-O) and (Cr-N-S) XPS shifts indicates a slightly more positive metal in the NS complex. These results are in agreement with Fenske-Hall approximate calculations and with other physical properties of the two compounds. 25 references, 10 figures, 4 tables.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Arizona, Tucson
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-80ER10746
OSTI ID:
6036433
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 24:23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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