Complete ligand loss in electron ionization of the weakly bound organometallic tungsten hexacarbonyl dimer.

Phys Chem Chem Phys

Institut für Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.

Published: April 2016

We observed the bare W2(+) metal cation upon electron ionization of the weakly bound W(CO)6 dimer. This metal cation can be only observed due to the fast conversion of the weak cluster bond into a strong covalent bond between the metal moieties.

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