“…Compounds A series of tungsten carbonyls substituted with trifluorophosphine were synthesized by photochemical techniques previously published [7]. They were separated by preparative gas chromatography techniques [8] and the purity was checked by GC prior to neutron irradiation.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The sub-stitution of PF3 for CO introduces a non-equivalency which allows for identification of new species formed in the n, gamma event by gas chromatography. PF3 was chosen because of its bonding similarities to CO [7]. Irradiations were done on a series of W(PF3) x (CO)ex complexes (where χ = 0 to 3) both in the absence and presence of excess ligand gas.…”
The chemical reactions that follow neutron capture have been studied for a series of tungsten trifluorophosphine carbonyls. The molecular distribution of 1,7 W was determined by gas chromatographic separation using scintillation detection. The chemical behavior of these compounds was examined in the condensed phase and the gas phase, both with and without excess PF 3 or CO. The retention of the parent species was measured as well as the formation of any scrambled species W(PF 3 ) x (CO) 6x in all experiments. The results of irradiations done in condensed phase with no excess ligands were modeled by a Simplex iterative routine to calculate the distribution of recoil fragments.
“…Fluorophosphines, R n PF 3– n , and the parent compound PF 3 have been extensively studied, in part due to their exceptional ability to form coordination complexes of transition metals in low oxidation states .…”
Detailed computational studies have been carried out to explain the unexpected differing reactions that occur between dimethylamine and the difluorophosphines, CX3PF2 (X = F, Cl). The reaction affords the thermodynamically controlled product chloroform in the case of X = Cl, whereas when X = F the analogous reaction pathway leading to fluoroform is hindered by a substantial reaction barrier in the gas phase, where the reaction should take place due to the volatility of the reactant. While the gas‐phase reaction energy gap is somewhat reduced when X = Cl, due to the stability of the migrating CCl3− moiety, the still substantial barrier does not account for the chloroform formation. Polarizable continuum model (PCM) calculations indicate a reduction of the barrier, facilitating the liquid‐phase reaction. The alternative gas‐phase reaction path, resulting in the aminolysis of a P—F bond is reversible and is shifted toward the product by capturing HF as the dimethylamino salt of the [CF3PF4H]− anion.
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