“…There does not appear to be a statistically significant difference between the results obtained with the Co2(CO)g promoter, row 2 of Table III, and the unpromoted reaction, row 1, because the standard deviations for the individual data sets nearly overlap with those from the combined data set, row 3. The standard enthalpy change for the hydrogenation of Mn2(CO)10 in column 2 of Table III is reasonably consistent with a recent determination, 4.0 ± 2.4 kcal/mol, which was measured in toluene solution, based on the enthalpy change for the hydrogen atom transfer reaction in eq 5 and an application of Hess's law.17 As a further check on HMn(CO)5 + Cr(CO)2(PPh3)C5H5 -HCr(CO)2(PPh3)C5H5 + y2Mn2(CO)10 (5) the data, it is noted that the standard entropy change thus obtained for the gas-phase hydrogenation reaction in eq 2, column 3 of Table III, compares favorably to the value, +4.4 ± 0.5 cal/ (mol-K), previously obtained4 for the analogous hydrogenation of eq 1. Furthermore, Ungváry and Markó have obtained 4.4 cal/fmol-K) for the cobalt system of eq 1, although it is noted that this latter value was measured in «-heptane solvent and may not be directly comparable to the gas-phase values obtained in supercritical carbon dioxide.…”