A gate to organokrypton chemistry: HKrCCH

  • Leonid Khriachtchev*
  • , Hanna Tanskanen
  • , Arik Cohen
  • , R. Benny Gerber
  • , Jan Lundell
  • , Mika Pettersson
  • , Harri Kiljunen
  • , Markku Räsänen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An organic molecule containing krypton, HKrCCH, is reported. The preparation of HKrCCH includes 193-nm photolysis of H2C2/Kr solid mixtures at 8 K and subsequent thermal mobilization of hydrogen atoms at ≥30 K. The identification is based on infrared absorption spectroscopy and supported by ab initio calculations which show ionic and covalent contributions to the bonding. We believe that a series of similar organokrypton molecules can be prepared as computationally demonstrated for HKrC4H and HKrC3H3. These results feature a generally novel way for activating chemically the H-CC- group, which can find practical applications of the krypton catalysis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6876-6877
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume125
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Jun 2003

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