title: Energetics of the manganese oxide cluster cations Mn(N)O+ (N = 2-5): role of oxygen in the binding of manganese atoms.
abstract: The photodissociation of manganese oxide cluster cations Mn(N)O+ (N = 2-5), into Mn(N-1)O+ (one-atom loss) and Mn(N-2)O+ (two-atom), was investigated in the photon-energy range of 1.08-2.76 eV. The bond-dissociation energies D0(Mn(N-1)O+...Mn) for N = 3, 4, and 5 were determined to be 1.84+/-0.03, 0.99+/-0.05, and 1.25+/-0.14 eV, respectively, from the threshold energies for the one- and two-atom losses. As Mn2O+ did not dissociate even at the highest photon energy used, the bond dissociation energy of Mn2O+, D0(Mn+...MnO), was obtained from a density-functional-theory calculation to be 3.04 eV. The present findings imply that the core ion Mn2O+ is bound weakly with the rest of the manganese atoms in Mn(N)O+.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tono
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terasaki
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Tamotsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondow
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001665:Binding Sites; D002412:Cations; D008345:Manganese / Q000737:chemistry*; D017895:Manganese Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D017785:Photons; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D002412:Cations; D017895:Manganese Compounds; D010087:Oxides; D008345:Manganese; C027424:manganese oxide; D010100:Oxygen