TY - JOUR
T1 - Mild route to generate gaseous metal anions
AU - Attygalle, Athula B.
AU - Axe, Frank U.
AU - Weisbecker, Carl S.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Gaseous metal anions such as Na-, K-, Cs-, and Ag- can be generated at ambient temperatures by the collision-induced dissociation of the anions of several dicarboxylic acid salts, including oxalate, maleate, fumarate, succinate, and glutamate salts. The formation of gaseous metal anions in this way is unprecedented because the metal is initially present in its cationic form. The mild process described here could facilitate novel applications of metal anions as selective reagents for gas-phase ion-molecule and ion-ion reactions. Ab initio calculations were used to describe the dissociation process for anions of the oxalate salts. The formation of alkalides occurs via production of a metal-carbon dioxide anion intermediate with a bidentate three-center two-electron bond to the metal. The metal atom acquires a partial negative charge in the intermediate structure.
AB - Gaseous metal anions such as Na-, K-, Cs-, and Ag- can be generated at ambient temperatures by the collision-induced dissociation of the anions of several dicarboxylic acid salts, including oxalate, maleate, fumarate, succinate, and glutamate salts. The formation of gaseous metal anions in this way is unprecedented because the metal is initially present in its cationic form. The mild process described here could facilitate novel applications of metal anions as selective reagents for gas-phase ion-molecule and ion-ion reactions. Ab initio calculations were used to describe the dissociation process for anions of the oxalate salts. The formation of alkalides occurs via production of a metal-carbon dioxide anion intermediate with a bidentate three-center two-electron bond to the metal. The metal atom acquires a partial negative charge in the intermediate structure.
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U2 - 10.1002/rcm.4913
DO - 10.1002/rcm.4913
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951865842
SN - 0951-4198
VL - 25
SP - 681
EP - 688
JO - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
JF - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
IS - 6
ER -