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-C≡C- group, which can find practical applications of the krypton catalysis.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6876-6877 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| State | Published - 11 Jun 2003 |