Thermochemistry, bonding, and reactivity of Ni⁺ and Ni²⁺ in the gas phase

Otilia Mó (1) , Manuel Yáñez (1) , Jean-Yves Salpin (2) , Jeanine Tortajada (2)

1 Departemento de Química C-9
2 LAMBE - Laboratoire Analyse et Modélisation pour la Biologie et l'Environnement

In this review, we present a general overview on the studies carried out on Ni^+-- and Ni²⁺-containing systems in the gas phase since 1996. We have focused our attention in the determination of binding energies in parallel with an analysis of the structure and bonding of the complexes formed by the interaction of Ni⁺ with one ligand, or in clusters where this metal ion binds several identical or different ligands. Solvation of Ni²⁺ by different ligands is also discussed, together with the theoretical information available of doubly charged Ni-containing species. The final section of this review is devoted to an analysis of the gas-phase uni- and bimolecular reactivity of Ni⁺ and Ni²⁺ complexes.

Keywords: Ni(I); Ni(II); gas‐phase reactivity; bond dissociation energies; bonding; thermochemistry

Domains: Chemical Physics [physics.chem-ph]

Otilia Mó, Manuel Yáñez, Jean-Yves Salpin, Jeanine Tortajada. Thermochemistry, bonding, and reactivity of Ni⁺ and Ni²⁺ in the gas phase. Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 2007, 26 (4), pp.474-516. ⟨10.1002/mas.20134⟩. ⟨hal-00150397⟩