title: Isolation, characterization of an intermediate in an oxygen atom-transfer reaction, and the determination of the bond dissociation energy.
abstract: The synthesis and structure of a phosphine oxide-bound intermediate molecule originating from a dioxo-molybdenum(VI) complex is described. The loss of phosphine oxide has been followed by surface-induced dissociation mass spectrometry that gave the bond dissociation energy of 29.5 (+/- 3.5) kcal/mol. Considering the bond dissociation energy for a Mo=O bond to be 100 kcal/mol, this value suggests that the primary driving force for the reaction is the formation of the intermediate complex.
authors.affiliation: WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington 99352, USA.
authors.forename: Victor N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Nemykin
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laskin
authors.forename: Partha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Basu
mesh_terms: D008958:Models, Molecular; D008982:Molybdenum / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008982:Molybdenum; D010100:Oxygen