Determination of gas-phase ligand binding energies to magnesium (+) by FTMS techniques

L Operti, EC Tews, BS Freiser

Index: Operti, Lorenza; Tews, Edward C.; Freiser, Ben S. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1988 , vol. 110, # 12 p. 3847 - 3853

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Abstract

Abstract: Relative and absolute gas-phase binding energies of 12 organic molecules to Mg+ have been determined by four different methods involving Fourier transform mass spectrometry (FTMS). Mg+ is generated in the FTMS cell by pulsed laser ionization and reacts with the organic compounds to give MgL+ either by direct condensation or by a fast two-step displacement reaction. The equilibrium constant (K,) and the absolute rate ...