Ion thermochemistry is of great practical importance to mass spectrometry. Ion source
intensities and fragmentation patterns in mass spectra are intimately related to ion …

Understanding the energy it takes to build or break chemical bonds is essential for scientists
and engineers in a wide range of innovative fields, including catalysis, nanomaterials …

Tertiary phosphines are excellent ligating agents to metal ions and transition metals in a
variety of oxidation states and, thus, are important constituents of com-pounds for catalysis …

Freeenergies of ionization for Cp2V, Cp2Mn, Cp2Fe, Cp2Ni, Cp2Ru, Cp2Os (Cp= p1 2345-
cyclopentadienyl), and a series of ferrocene derivatives have been determined through gas …

Studies of organometallic chemistry in the gas phase can provide substantial quantitative
information regarding the interactions of transition metals with carbon centers. In this review …

The compounds Cp* Fe (dppe) X ([Fe*] X) and the corresponding cation radicals [Fe*] X•+
are available for the series X= F, Cl, Br, I, H, CH3. This has allowed for a detailed …

Thin tungstencarbide films were deposited from [HWCp (C0) 3],[HWCp*(CO) 3],[(cyclo-
/ieptatriene) W (CO) 3],[(cycloocta< iiene) W (CO) 4], and [(toluene) W (CO) 3] in an ultrahigh …

An important issue for obtaining a predictive understanding of surface reactions is the
determinationof surface-adsorbate bond energies. 1 If the energy required for homolytic …

Monomeric Cu (I) alkyl complexes (NHC) Cu (R)(NHC= N-heterocyclic carbene; R= Me or
Et) and (dtbpe) Cu (Me)(dtbpe= 1, 2-bis (di-tert-butylphosphino) ethane) have been …

The kinetic-energy dependence of the reactions of Mo+ (6S) with methane has been studied
using guided ion beam mass spectrometry. No exothermic reactions are observed in this …