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The thermal reactions of [CoX]+ (X = CN, F, Cl, Br, O, OH) with carbon dioxide have been investigated experimentally and theoretically by using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and density funct...
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Gas-phase reactions of cationic molybdenum and tungsten monoxide with ethanol: a combined experimental/computational exercise
The ion/molecule reactions of molybdenum and tungsten monoxide cations MO+ (M═Mo, W) with ethanol have been studied by Fourier transform ion-cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) and density functiona...
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Open AccessEffects of Ligands, Cluster Size, and Charge State in Gas-Phase Catalysis: A Happy Marriage of Experimental and Computational Studies
We present selected examples of gas-phase reactions which are of timely interest for the activation of small molecules. Due to the very nature of the experiments, detailed insight in the active site of catalys...
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Bonding in cationic MOH n + (M = K − La, Hf − Rn; n = 0–2): DFT performances and periodic trends
The performances of the DFT functionals B3LYP, BHandHLYP, M06, M06-2X, PBE1PBE, TPSSh, X3LYP, and BP86 have been benchmarked with a thermochemistry database containing 50 bond dissociation energies (BDEs) of M–OH
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Gaseous iron(II) and iron(III) complexes with BINOLate ligands
Electrospray ionization (ESI) of dilute solutions of 1,1′-bi-2-naphthol (BINOL) and iron(II) or iron(III) sulfate in methanol/water allows the generation of monocationic complexes of iron and deprotonated BINO...
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Intrinsic Mechanisms of Oxidation Reactions as Revealed by Gas-Phase Experiments
Oxidation catalysis is of extreme importance in many areas of chemistry. The intrinsic mechanisms of oxidation reactions are, however, quite often understood only rather poorly, and catalyst research is ...
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Diastereoselective Effects in Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry
A method for the investigation of diastereoselective effects in reactions of gaseous ions bearing flexible backbones is described. It relies on the study of diastereoselectively labeled substrates that are stu...
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Experimental and theoretical studies of diatomic gold halides
The diatomic gold halides AuX are studied by means of Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectroscopy and ab initio theory at a quasi-relativistic CCSD(T) level of theory. A thermokinetic approach ...
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Characterization, Orbital Description, and Reactivity Patterns of Transition-Metal Oxo Species in the Gas Phase
Metal-oxo and -peroxo species play key roles in catalytic oxidations using transition metals This contribution addresses gas-phase studies of diatomic metal-oxo species and their properties which turn out to b...
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The singlet and triplet states of phenyl cation. A hybrid approach for locating minimum energy crossing points between non-interacting potential energy surfaces
The phenyl cation is known to have two low-energy minima, corresponding to 1 A 1 and 3 B 1 states, the first of which is more stable by ca. 25 kcal/mol. The minimum energy crossing point between these two surfac...
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The Search For Elusive Potentially Interstellar Neutrals by Neutralization-Reionization Mass Spectrometry: Polycarbon Chalcogenides X(Cn)Y (X, Y: O, S)
Many elusive polycarbon chalcogenides X(Cn)Y (X, Y: O, S; n≥2) having both odd and even-numbered carbon atoms can easily be generated and characterized in the gas phase by electron transfer processes using the te...
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Beam Experiments as a Means for the Generation of Elusive Sulfur-Containing Molecules
Quite a few molecular species can only be generated in the gas phase because in solution or even in the solid state intermolecular interactions will make them unstable and lead to isomerization, polymerization or...
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Remote Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen and Carbon-Carbon Bonds by Bare Transition Metal Ions in the Gas Phase
The selective functionaIization of C-H bonds remains one of the major focuses of catalytic and organic chemistry. High selectivity is often achieved by the presence of activating groups which induce the reacti...
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North American as well as East Asian whip scorpions of the generaMastigoproctus andTypopeltis are known to use acetic acid and caprylic acid as a defense mechanism. In the secretion from defense glands of a Chine...
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Die GOP-Theorie: Ein Mächtiges Werkzeug in der Digitalen Bildverarbeitung
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Contextual Image Processing in MRI — Applications
Conventional Digital Image Processing reaches its limits in those cases, where spectral characteristics (grey levels, colours, spectral bands) cannot be properly associated with specific object — or structural...
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Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Small Organic Dications, Molecules with Highly Remarkable Properties
Using the results of both, experiments as well as high level quantum chemical calculations the exciting properties of small doubly-charged cations in the gas phase are discussed. The comparison of experimental...
