Intrinsic affinities of alkali cations for 15-crown-5 and 18-crown-6: Bond dissociation energies of gas-phase M{sup +}-crown ether complexes

Journal Article · Wed Jan 20 04:00:00 EST 1999 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja9823159· OSTI ID:20014092

More, M B; Ray, D; Armentrout, P B

Bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of M{sup +}[c-(C{sub 2}H{sub 4}O){sub 5}] and M{sup +}[c-(C{sub 2}H{sub 4}O){sub 6}] for M = Na, K, Rb, and Cs are reported. The BDEs are determined experimentally by analysis of the thresholds for collision-induced dissociation of the cation-crown ether complexes by xenon measured by using guided ion beam mass spectrometry. In all cases, the primary and lowest energy dissociation channel observed experimentally in endothermic loss of the ligand molecule. The cross section thresholds are interpreted to yield 0 and 298 K BDEs after accounting for the effects of multiple ion-molecule collisions, internal energy of the complexes, and unimolecular decay rates. For both 18-crown-6 and 15-crown-5, the BDEs decrease monotonically with increasing cation size. These results indicate that the intrinsic affinity of c-(C{sub 2}H{sub 4}O){sub 5} and c-(C{sub 2}H{sub 4}O){sub 6} for M{sup +} is determined principally by the charge density of the cation not by the ratio of the ionic radius to the cavity size. The BDEs reported here are in fair agreement with recent ab initio calculations at the MP2 level with 6-31+G* basis sets. The experimental values are systematically smaller than the computed values by 8 {+-} 2 kJ/mol per metal-oxygen interaction. The existence of less strongly bound isomers in the experimental apparatus for Rb{sup +}(15-crown-5) and Cs{sup +}(15-crown-5) appears likely, but their absence for Na{sup +} and K{sup +} complexes indicates interesting metal-dependent dynamics to the formation of such isomers.

• Research Organization: Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: National Science Foundation; US Department of Energy
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 20014092
• Journal Information: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 121; ISSN JACSAT; ISSN 0002-7863
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALI METAL COMPLEXES
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CROWN ETHERS
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