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Kinetic and photochemical studies of FeC sub 5 H sub 6 sup + in the gas phase

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00169a014· OSTI ID:6620175
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  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (USA)

Kinetic and photochemical studies were performed on FeC{sub 5}H{sub 6}{sup +}. FeC{sub 5}H{sub 6}{sup +} was prepared by reacting Fe{sup +} with cyclopentene and subsequently with propane to give the cyclopentadienylallyiron ion. D{degree}(Fe{sup +}-cyclopentadiene) was determined by photodissociation threshold measurements to be 55 {plus minus} 5 kcal/mol, which in turn indicates that dehydrogenation of cyclopentene by Fe{sup +} is 33 {plus minus} 5 kcal/mol exothermic. Linear kinetics are observed by collisionally cooling the FeC{sub 5}H{sub 6}{sup +} ions in a high-background pressure of argon and yield a rate constant of 5 {plus minus} 2 {times} 10{sup {minus}10} cm{sup 3}/(molecule {times} s), corresponding to a reaction efficiency of about 0.4. Photodissociation of the cyclopentadienyallyliron ion yields two product ions, FeC{sub 8}H{sub 8}{sup +} and FeC{sub 6}H{sub 6}{sup +}, with the latter pathway, the higher energy process, prevailing when there is no background argon.

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-87ER13766
OSTI ID:
6620175
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA), Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA) Vol. 112:13; ISSN 0002-7863; ISSN JACSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English