A theoretical study on the gas phase reaction of Pd+ and Pt+ with CS2

作者:Li Tao Hong*; Wang Chuan Ming; Yu Shi Wen; Liu Xiang Yi; Fu Hui; Xie Xiao Guang
来源:Journal of Molecular Structure (Theochem), 2008, 867(1-3): 85-89.
DOI:10.1016/j.theochem.2008.07.024

摘要

The reactions of Pd+ and Pt+ with CS2 have been investigated at B3LYP, CCSD(T) and QCISD(T) levels of theory. Both Pd+ and Pt+ are found to be able to activate the C-S bond in CS2 and produce the products PdS+ and PtS+ through insertion-elimination mechanism. For both Pd+ and Pt+ the spin-forbidden reaction M-2(+) + CS2 -> (MS+)-M-4 + CS is found to be energetically more favorable than the spin-allowed reaction M-2(+) + CS2 -> (MS+)-M-2 + CS. According to the identified reaction mechanisms and PESs, the doublet-quartet surface-crossing is presumed to occur at the exit channel of the reaction. The reactions of Ni+, Pd+ and Pt+ with CS2 are systematically compared in reaction mechanism and potential energy surface. Although all these reactions exhibit obvious endothermic feature, comparisons of these reactions indicate that the reaction of Pt+ with CS2 is energetically much more favorable. The calculated results well rationalize the experimental observations.