Structures and Bond Energies of the Transition-Metal Carbonyls M(CO)5 (M = Fe, Ru, Os) and M(CO)4 (M = Ni, Pd, Pt)

Andreas W. Ehlers, Gernot Frenking

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Abstract

The equilibrium geometries of the transition-metal carbonyls M(CO)n (M = Fe, Ru, Os; n = 4, 5) and M(CO)n (M = Ni, Pd, Pt; n = 3, 4) are calculated at the MP2 level using effective core potentials for the metals and 6-31G(d) basis sets for C and O. The first ligand dissociation energies of the saturated metal carbonyls are theoretically predicted using the coupled cluster theory (CCSD(T)) approach. The calculated dissociation energies ΔH298 (Fe-(CO)5, 46.5 kcal/mol; Ru(CO)5, 30.9 kcal/mol; Os(CO)5, 42.4 kcal/mol; Ni(CO)4, 24.4 kcal/ mol; Pd(CO)4, 9.6 kcal/mol; Pt(CO)4, 13.0 kcal/mol) indicate that the second-row transition elements have the weakest carbonyl bond.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)423-426
Number of pages4
JournalOrganometallics
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1995
Externally publishedYes

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