Highly Unsaturated Platinum and Palladium Carbenes PtC3 and PdC3 Isolated and Characterized in the Gas Phase |
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| Authors: | Dror M. Bittner Dr. Daniel P. Zaleski Dr. David P. Tew Dr. Nicholas R. Walker Prof.Dr. Anthony C. Legon |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Chemistry, Bedson Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK;2. Argonne National Laboratory, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Lemont, IL, USA;3. School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK |
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| Abstract: | Carbenes of platinum and palladium, PtC3 and PdC3, were generated in the gas phase through laser vaporization of a metal target in the presence of a low concentration of a hydrocarbon precursor undergoing supersonic expansion. Rotational spectroscopy and ab initio calculations confirm that both molecules are linear. The geometry of PtC3 was accurately determined by fitting to the experimental moments of inertia of twenty‐six isotopologues. The results are consistent with the proposal of an autogenic isolobal relationship between O, Au+, and Pt atoms. |
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| Keywords: | ab initio calculations carbenes palladium platinum rotational spectroscopy |
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