2S + 2S Reactions at Transition Metals. 1. The Reactions of D2 with Cl2TiH+, Cl2TiH, and Cl2ScH

  • Michael L. Steigerwald
  • , William A. Goddard

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Abstract

With use of ab initio electronic structure theory, activation energies and transition-state geometries have been found for the exchange of the title transition-metal hydrides with D2. These calculations indicate that such concerted, suprafacial [2 + 2] reactions proceed at low energy if the M-H bond is nonpolar and covalent, and if this bond uses mostly valence d-orbital character on the metal.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)308-311
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume106
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1984
Externally publishedYes

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