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Hydrocarbon Activation by Gas-Phase Lanthanide Cations: Interaction of Pr+, Eu+, and Gd+ with Small Alkanes, Cycloalkanes, and Alkenes
Schilling, J. Bruce,Beauchamp, J. L.
, p. 15 - 24 (2007/10/02)
We describe ion beam studies of the interaction of gas-phase lanthanide ions, praseodymium (Pr+), europium (Eu+), and gadolinium (Gd+), with small alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, and several oxygen-containing compounds.Only Gd+ is seen to activate C-H and C-C bonds of alkanes.The ground-state electronic configuration of Gd+ (4f75d16s1) is different from those of Pr+ (4f36s1) and Eu+ (4f76s1), leading to the conclusion that the f electrons play little part in the metal ion reactivity.Gd+ can be thought of as having two valence electrons, and indeed it reacts similarly to Sc+ and the other group 3 metal ions Y+ and La+, yielding products corresponding to elimination of hydrogen, alkanes, and alkenes.The elimination of neutral alkenes in the reaction of Gd+ with alkanes results in the formation of metal dialkyl or hydrido-alkyl complexes.This finding leads to estimates for the sum of two Gd+ ? bond dissociation energies of between 110 and 130 kcal/mol.Gd+ and Pr+ react readily with alkenes, yielding mostly dehydrogenation products along with smaller amounts of C-C bond cleavage products.Reactions of Gd+ and Pr+ with oxyen-containing species such as nitric oxide, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acetone yield primarily the metal oxide ions and provide a lower limit for D(M+-O) of 179 kcal/mol, in good agreement with literature values of D(Pr+-O) = 188.4 +/- 5.2 kcal/mol and D(Gd+-O) = 181.0 +/- 4.4 kcal/mol.In keeping with the strong metal ? bonds, Gd+ is also seen to readily react with formaldehyde to eliminate CO and form GdH2+.
