title: Gas-phase dioxygen activation by binuclear manganese clusters.
abstract: Binuclear manganese oxide cations, Mn2O2+ (1) and Mn2O+ (2), have been prepared in the gas phase by a chemical route by using the reaction of O2 with the ions formed from the ionization of [Mn2(CO)10]. Their reactivity towards selected neutrals has been probed by Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron Resonance spectrometry (FT-ICR), and insights into the structure of the reagent ions and of ionic reaction intermediates have been obtained by collision-induced dissociation and by the outcome of ion-molecule reactions. Whereas dihydrogen proved to be unreactive, the hydrides H2O, H2S, and NH3 react by exchange, addition, and oxidation pathways. Oxidative features are displayed also in the reactions of 1 and 2 with model organic molecules, such as methanol, acetaldehyde, and unsaturated hydrocarbons, which undergo dehydrogenation, O-atom transfer, and homolytic cleavage processes. Potentially catalytic cycles are indicated, based on the regeneration of 1 by ligand exchange of end product ions with O2.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Studi di Chimica e Tecnologia delle Sostanze Biologicamente Attive Università di Roma La Sapienza Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chiavarino
authors.forename: Maria Elisa
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Crestoni
authors.forename: Simonetta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fornarini