Structure and Dynamics of Iron Pentacarbonyl

Peter Portius, Michael Bühl, Michael W. George, Friedrich Wilhelm Grevels, James J. Turner

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Abstract

The dynamics of CO ligand scrambling in Fe(CO)5 has been investigated by linear infrared spectroscopy in supercritical xenon solution. The activation barrier for the Berry pseudorotation in Fe(CO)5 was determined experimentally to be Ea = 2.5 ± 0.4 kcal mol-1 by quantitative analysis of the temperature-dependent spectral line shape. This compares well with the range of Ea/(kcal mol-1) = 2.0 to 2.3 calculated by various DFT methods and the value of 1.6 ± 0.3 previously obtained from 2D IR measurements by Harris et al. (Science 2008, 319, 1820). The involvement of Fe(CO)5···Xe interactions in the ligand scrambling process was tested computationally at the BP86-D3/AE2 level and found to be negligible.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4288-4297
Number of pages10
JournalOrganometallics
Volume38
Issue number21
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2019

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry

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