title: Infrared spectra of methylidynes formed in reactions of re atoms with methane, methyl halides, methylene halides, and ethane: methylidyne C-H stretching absorptions, bond lengths, and s character.
abstract: Rhenium carbyne complexes (HC identical with ReH 3, HC identical with ReH 2X, HC identical with ReHX 2, [X = F, Cl, and Br] and CH 3C identical with ReH 3) are produced by reactions of laser-ablated Re atoms with methane, methyl halides, methylene halides, and ethane via oxidative C-H(X) insertion and alpha-hydrogen migration in favor of the carbon-metal triple bond. The stabilities of the carbyne complexes relative to other possible products are predicted by DFT calculations. The diagnostic methylidyne C-H stretching absorptions of HC identical with ReH 3 and its mono- and dihalo derivatives are observed on the blue sides of the precursor C-H stretching bands, and the frequency decreases and the bond length increases in the order of H, F, Cl, and Br, following the decreasing s character in hybridization for the C-H bond. The dihalo methylidynes have higher C-H stretching frequencies and s characters than the monohalo species. The rhenium methylidynes have C s structures, and as a result the HC identical with ReH 3 and CH 3C identical with ReH 3 complexes have two equivalent shorter and one longer Re-H bonds, as compared to the tungsten methylidyne HC identical with WH 3 with three equivalent W-H bonds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Incheon, 177 Dohwa-dong, Nam-ku, Incheon, 402-749, South Korea.
authors.forename: Han-Gook
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Lester
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andrews