“…Bimolecular H 2 elimination reactions were observed for early atomic transition metal cations: Sc þ and Ti þ in the first row; Y þ , Zr þ , and Nb þ in the second row; and La þ , Hf þ , Ta þ , W þ , Re þ , Os þ , and Ir þ in the third row, and these will be presented separately. 13 Of the remaining thirdrow cations, Pt þ and Au þ reacted by ligation that is dominated by relativistic effects, 5,6 and Hg þ reacts with ammonia by electron transfer. 14 As an indication of the quality of our experimental measurements, we provide our experimental results for the ammonia ligation of the first-row cations Cr þ , Fe þ , Co þ , and Zn þ (see Figure 1) and the second-row cations Mo þ , Ru þ , Rh þ , and Cd þ (see Figure 2).…”