Articles you may be interested inStability of small Pd n ( n = 1 -7 ) clusters on the basis of structural and electronic properties: A density functional approach Measurement of the dissociation energies of anionic silver clusters ( Ag n − , n=2-11) by collision-induced dissociation J. Chem. Phys. 110, 5208 (1999); 10.1063/1.478416 Erratum: "Ligand and metal binding energies in platinum carbonyl cluster anions: Collision-induced dissociation of Pt m − and Pt m (CO) n " [J. Ligand and metal binding energies in platinum carbonyl cluster anions: Collision-induced dissociation of Pt m − and Pt m ( CO ) n − The bond dissociation energies of palladium trimer anion, Pd 3Ϫ , and its carbonyls, Pd 3 ͑CO͒ n Ϫ (n ϭ1 -6), are measured in the gas phase by the energy-resolved collision-induced dissociation method. The values obtained are D 0 (Pd 2 Ϫ ϪPd)ϭ2.26Ϯ0.36 eV for the bare cluster and D 0 (Pd 3 ͑CO͒ nϪ1Ϫ ϪCO)ϭ1.78Ϯ0.32 eV, 1.74Ϯ0.22 eV, 1.47Ϯ0.22 eV, 1.13Ϯ0.15 eV, 1.11 Ϯ0.15 eV, and 1.14Ϯ0.17 eV for nϭ1 -6, respectively, for the carbonyls. The results show a general decrease of the bond energy with an increasing number of carbonyls, with two relatively stable structures, Pd 3 ͑CO͒ 2 Ϫ and Pd 3 ͑CO͒ 6 Ϫ . A symmetric Pd 3 ͑CO͒ 2 Ϫ structure with two three-fold bridged carbonyls is postulated.