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Bond‐Forming Reactions of Small Triply Charged Cations with Neutral Molecules
Author(s) -
Fletcher James D.,
Parkes Michael A.,
Price Stephen D.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201301861
Subject(s) - chemistry , molecule , reactivity (psychology) , mass spectrometry , bond energy , computational chemistry , ion , bond length , chemical physics , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , chromatography
Time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry reveals that atomic and small molecular triply charged cations exhibit extensive bond‐forming chemistry, following gas‐phase collisions with neutral molecules. These experiments show that at collision energies of a few eV, I 3+ reacts with a variety of small molecules to generate molecular monocations and molecular dications containing iodine. Xe 3+ and CS 2 3+ react in a similar manner to I 3+ , undergoing bond‐forming reactions with neutrals. A simple model, involving relative product energetics and electrostatic interaction potentials, is used to account for the observed reactivity.