Iron pentacarbonyl

• Formula: C₅FeO₅
• Molecular weight: 195.895
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/5CO.Fe/c5*1-2; Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: FYOFOKCECDGJBF-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 13463-40-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Iron carbonyl (Fe(CO)5), (TB-5-11)-; Iron carbonyl (Fe(CO)5); Pentacarbonyl iron; Fe(CO)5; Iron carbonyl
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  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
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Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Ion clustering data

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Data compiled by: John E. Bartmess

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Clustering reactions

C₈H₇O₂^- +  = (C₈H₇O₂^- • )

By formula: C₈H₇O₂^- + C₅FeO₅ = (C₈H₇O₂^- • C₅FeO₅)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: Cl^- + C₅FeO₅ = (Cl^- • C₅FeO₅)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: F^- + C₅FeO₅ = (F^- • C₅FeO₅)

 +  = ( • )

By formula: H^- + C₅FeO₅ = (H^- • C₅FeO₅)

HO^- +  = (HO^- • )

By formula: HO^- + C₅FeO₅ = (HO^- • C₅FeO₅)

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Additional Data

References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

Norwood, Ali, et al., 1990
Norwood, K.; Ali, A.; Flesch, G.D.; Ng, C.Y., A photoelectron-photoion coincidence study of Fe(CO)₅, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1990, 112, 7502. [all data]

Clements and Sale, 1976
Clements, P.J.; Sale, F.R., A mass spectrometric study of nickel tetracarbonyl, iron pentacarbonyl and binary mixtures of these compounds, Metall. Trans. B:, 1976, 7, 171. [all data]

Distefano, 1970
Distefano, G., Photoionization study of Fe(CO)₅ and Ni(CO)₄, J. Res. NBS, 1970, 74A, 233. [all data]

Lloyd and Schlag, 1969
Lloyd, D.R.; Schlag, E.W., Photoionization studies of metal carbonyls. I. Ionization potentials and the bonding in group VI metal hexacarbonyls and in mononuclear carbonyls and nitrosyl carbonyls of iron, cobalt, and nickel, Inorg. Chem., 1969, 8, 2544. [all data]

Vilesov and Kurbatov, 1961
Vilesov, F.I.; Kurbatov, B.L., Photoionization of esters and metal carbonyis in the gaseous phase, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1961, 140, 1364, In original 792. [all data]

Harada, Ohno, et al., 1983
Harada, Y.; Ohno, K.; Mutoh, H., Penning ionization electron spectroscopy of CO and Fe(CO)₅. Study of electronic structure of Fe(CO)₅ from electron distribution of individual molecular orbitals, J. Chem. Phys., 1983, 79, 3251. [all data]

Head, Nixon, et al., 1975
Head, R.A.; Nixon, J.F.; Sharp, G.J.; Clark, R.J., Photoelectron spectroscopic study of metal trifluorophosphine and hydridotrifluorophosphine complexes, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans., 1975, 2054. [all data]

Baerends, Oudshoorn, et al., 1975
Baerends, E.J.; Oudshoorn, Ch.; Oskam, A., Photoelectron spectra and Xα calculations of iron pentacarbonyl and ethyleneiron tetracarbonyl, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1975, 6, 259. [all data]

Bidinosti and McIntyre, 1967
Bidinosti, D.R.; McIntyre, N.S., Electron-impact study of some binary metal carbonyls, Can. J. Chem., 1967, 45, 641. [all data]

Fieber-Erdmann, Holub-Krappe, et al., 1995
Fieber-Erdmann, M.; Holub-Krappe, E.; Broker, G.; Dujardin, G.; Ding, A., Fragmentation psectroscopy of photoionized Fe(CO)₅: a molecular model for a heterogeneous cluster, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Processes, 1995, 149/150, 513. [all data]

Junk and Svec, 1968
Junk, G.A.; Svec, H.J., Energetics of the ionization and dissociation of Ni(CO)₄, Fe(CO)₅, Cr(CO)₆, Mo(CO)₆ and W(CO)₆, Z. Naturforsch., 1968, 23b, 1. [all data]

Foffani, Pignataro, et al., 1965
Foffani, A.; Pignataro, S.; Cantone, B.; Grasso, F., Mass spectra of metal hexacarbonyls, Z. Physik. Chem. (Frankfurt), 1965, 45, 79. [all data]

Winters and Kiser, 1964
Winters, R.E.; Kiser, R.W., A mass spectrometric investigation of nickel tetracarbonyl and iron pentacarbonyl, Inorg. Chem., 1964, 3, 699. [all data]

Conard and Sridhar, 1978
Conard, B.R.; Sridhar, R., Appearance potentials of ion fragments of iron pentacarbonyl, Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 2607. [all data]

Pignataro and Lossing, 1968
Pignataro, S.; Lossing, F.P., Thermal decomposition of organometallic compounds in the ion source of a mass spectrometer, J. Organometal. Chem., 1968, 11, 571. [all data]

Lane, Sallans, et al., 1985
Lane, K.R.; Sallans, L.; Squires, R.R., Anion affinities of transition metal carbonyls. A thermochemical correlation for iron tetracarbonyl acyl negative ions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1985, 107, 5369. [all data]

Sunderlin and Squires, 1993
Sunderlin, L.S.; Squires, R.R., Energetics and Mechanism of the Thermal Decarboxylation of (CO)4FeCOOH- in the Gas Phase, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1993, 115, 1, 337, https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00054a048 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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