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Title: Molybdenum-carbon bond dissociation energies in Mo(CO) sub 6

Journal Article · · Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/j100373a080· OSTI ID:6518163

The pressure dependence of the recombination rate constants for Mo(CO){sub n} (n = 3,4 and 5) with CO has been studied by time-resolved infrared laser absorption spectroscopy. These data, in conjunction with an RRKM model for unimolecular decay of the activated molecules (Mo(CO){sub 6})*, (Mo(CO){sub 5})*, and (Mo(CO){sub 4})*, have allowed the determination of the bond dissociation energies for several of the Mo-C bonds in Mo(CO){sub 6}. The first Mo-C bond dissociation energies for Mo(CO){sub 6}, Mo(CO){sub 5}, and Mo(CO){sub 4} are found to be DH{degree}((CO){sub 5}Mo{hor ellipsis}CO) = 35 {plus minus} 5 kcal/mol, DH{degree}((CO){sub 4}Mo{hor ellipsis}CO) = 27 {plus minus} 5 kcal/mol, and DH{degree}((CO){sub 3}Mo{hor ellipsis}CO) = 31 {plus minus} 5 kcal/mol.

OSTI ID:
6518163
Journal Information:
Journal of Physical Chemistry; (USA), Vol. 94:10; ISSN 0022-3654
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English