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Infrared Spectroscopy of Gas–phase M(CO) (M = Co, Rh, Ir) Ion–molecule Complexes

Andreas Iskra, Alexander Snedden Gentleman, Aras Kartouzian, Michael J. Kent, Alastair P. Sharp, and Stuart R. Mackenzie J. Phys. Chem. A, Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.6b10902 • Publication Date (Web): 19 Dec 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on December 25, 2016

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Infrared Spectroscopy of Gas–Phase M+(CO2)n (M = Co, Rh, Ir) Ion–Molecule Complexes Andreas Iskra,1 Alexander S. Gentleman,1 Aras Kartouzian,1,2 Michael J. Kent,1 Alastair P. Sharp,1 and Stuart R. Mackenzie1* 1

Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom

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Chemistry Department, Catalysis Research Center, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748 Garching, Germany

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[email protected]

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ABSTRACT

The structures of gas–phase M+(CO2)n (M = Co, Rh, Ir; n = 2–15) ion–molecule complexes have

been

investigated

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combination

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infrared

resonance–enhanced

photodissociation (IR–REPD) spectroscopy and density functional theory. The results provide insight into fundamental metal ion–CO2 interactions, highlighting the trends with increasing ligand number and with different group 9 ions. Spectra have been recorded in the region of the CO2 asymmetric stretch around 2350 cm-1 using the inert messenger technique and their interpretation has been aided by comparison with simulated infrared spectra of calculated low–energy isomeric structures. All vibrational bands in the smaller complexes are blue– shifted relative to the asymmetric stretch in free CO2, consistent with direct binding to the metal center dominated by charge quadrupole interactions. For all three metal ions, a core [M+(CO2)2] structure is identified to which subsequent ligands are less strongly bound. No evidence is observed in this size regime for complete activation or insertion reactions.


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I Introduction There has been much interest in carbon dioxide (CO2) activation in synthetic chemistry over the past two decades.1-3 Most practical CO2 transformations involve metal–based catalysts and detailed investigations are required to better understand the fundamental interactions involved. In this context, gas–phase studies of metal–ion complexes have a key role to play in elucidating important aspects of metal–ligand bonding, metal ion solvation and molecular activation.4-5 Such studies can provide valuable insight into the salient features of reaction mechanisms, energetics, kinetics etc., free from the perturbing effects of solvents, counterions, aggregates, or surface inhomogeneities encountered in situ.5-7 Number densities of gas–phase metal–ion complexes produced by laser ablation are typically too low to be probed directly by traditional direct absorption spectroscopic methods. However, modern laboratory–based intense, tunable infrared systems can now produce IR light in the wavelength range 1.35 to 5 µm. This has, in turn, driven the development of novel action spectroscopies such as infrared resonance enhanced photodissociation (IR–REPD), which provides information on geometric structures of isolated, gas-phase metal ion-ligand complexes. IR-REPD measurements on metal-ion containing complexes were first performed by Lisy et al. who studied alkali metal–ion complexes with ligands including H2O, CH3OH and CH4.8-15 CO2 complexes with main group (Mg+, Al+ and Si+)16-18 and first-row transition metal cations19-24 have been studied by Duncan and coworkers,4-5 while Zhou and coworkers have investigated Ti+(CO2)n clusters.24 Spectroscopic studies show a systematic blue–shift of the fundamental transition associated with the asymmetric stretching mode of complexed CO2


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relative to that of free CO2. The binding of the CO2 ligands to the metal cation center occurs almost exclusively through a charge–quadrupole interaction via one of the oxygen atoms, with little evidence of charge transfer.25 As the number of CO2 ligands increases, multiple bands are observed including some that appear close to the wavenumber of free CO2, indicating the presence of second solvent–sphere or more weakly–bound ligands. Such observations can highlight characteristic CO2 coordination numbers by comparison of experimental IR–REPD spectra with simulated IR spectra for low-lying structures calculated typically via density functional theory (DFT). Previous studies of M+(CO2)n complexes have determined linear structures for M+ = Fe+ and Ni+ for n = 2.19, 23 By contrast, Mg+(CO2)2, Al+(CO2)2 and Si+(CO2)2 structures are non-linear, with the n = 3 variants typically trigonal pyramidal (apart from trigonal planar Si+(CO2)3).16-18 The structures of small V+(CO2)2-3 complexes are less clear, with evidence of low–symmetry structures and/or perturbation by the argon tag.22 A coordination number of 4 has been observed for CO2 ligands around Ni+ and V+, and between n = 4–7 for Fe+.

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No clear coordination number for Mg+, Al+ and Si+ was

observed,16-18 although an increased photodissociation yield is observed for n > 2 in Al+(CO2)n and Si+(CO2)n. In providing structural information about the complexes interrogated, IR–REPD studies have also revealed evidence of various intracluster reactions such as oxide–carbonyl formation in Ni+(CO2)n, Si+(CO2)n and Ti+(CO2)n clusters, and oxalate–type anion formation in large V+(CO2)n complexes.18, 23-24, 26


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By contrast with the cationic species, IR–REPD studies of anionic, M–(CO2)n, complexes (M = Au, Ag, Co and Ni)27-31 by Weber et al. reveal considerable CO2 activation marked by redshifts in vibrational frequencies of several hundred cm-1. In the case of Co–(CO2)n complexes, the vibrational frequency of directly-bound ligands is red-shifted to ca. 1750 cm-1 from the free CO2 asymmetric stretch vibrational frequency at 2349 cm-1. This weakening of the CO2 bond enhances the chances of bond–insertion reactions leading to inserted OCo–(CO)(CO2)n complexes as putative global minima.30 Here, we report the results of an IR–REPD spectroscopy study of gas–phase M+(CO2)n complexes (M+ = Co, Rh, Ir, n = 2–15) designed to elucidate trends in cluster structure down the group 9 metal ions. For the smaller complexes (n ≤ 10), the inert messenger or ‘rare gas tagging’32-36 technique has been employed whereby loss of a weakly–bound argon atom provides a mass spectrometric signature of photon absorption. This technique has been exploited previously by our group in studies of larger naked and decorated transition metal clusters.37-43 For the larger M+(CO2)n complexes (n > 10), however, the intensity of the Ar– tagged species is too low and depletion of the M+(CO2)n complex is monitored by CO2 loss directly. Where it is possible to record naked and Ar–tagged complexes simultaneously, in most cases we observe no qualitative difference in the spectra of the two, lending support to the proposition that the argon tag is indeed inert and does not significantly perturb the cluster structure.


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II. Experimental The laser ablation/time-of-flight instrument used to perform the experimental work is new and a brief introduction is warranted. Figure 1 shows a schematic of the entire instrument used for the IR–REPD experiments. It comprises two differentially pumped chambers: (i) a source chamber, containing a simple laser ablation source, and (ii) a detection chamber, consisting of a commercial Wiley-McLaren Time-of-Flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometer (R. M. Jordon Co., Inc.). The two regions are maintained at background pressures of ca.1×10-7 mbar using turbomolecular pumps backed by two individual rotary pumps. The laser ablation source, used to generate the various M+(CO2)n–Ar species of interest is a variant of the tapered ablation block source used by Duncan et al..44 The absence of a cluster channel minimizes formation of metal clusters leading to efficient formation of Ar–tagged CO2–complexed metal atomic cations in an essentially free expansion. The ablation target disk (Co (1 mm thick), Rh (0.5mm thick): Sigma Alrich 99.95%; Ir (0.125 mm thick): Goodfellow 99.9%), is continuously rotated to refresh the surface. Laser ablation occurs at 10 Hz using ca. 5 mJ of 532 nm light from a frequency doubled pulsed Nd:YAG laser (Continuum Minilite). The metal vapor generated by ablation is entrained in a pulse of argon gas seeded with a low percentage of carbon dioxide (typically 0.1-1%), delivered by a pulsed solenoid valve (Parker-Hannifin, Series 9) from a typical backing pressure of 6 bar. During experimentation, the pressure in the source (detection) chamber rises to ca. 1 × 10-4 (8 × 10-6) mbar. Following expansion, the molecular / cluster beam is skimmed (Beam Dynamics, 2 mm diameter orifice) as it enters the detection region. In this region, the ions are extracted


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orthogonally via pulsed voltage extraction into a mass spectrometer operated in linear time of flight mode. IR photodissociation of M+(CO2)n–Ar complexes is performed using loosely-focused tunable IR light generated from an OPO/OPA laser (LaserVision – 10 Hz) with the IR beam overlapped with, and counter propagating to, the cluster beam. The IR laser is calibrated using IR photoacoustic spectra of both CO and CO2. IR–REPD spectra are recorded by capturing mass spectra alternately with and without IR pulses for 150 laser shots at each wavelength. All spectra shown here were recorded in the range of the CO2 asymmetric stretch (ν3 = 2349 cm-1), with all data acquisition and scanning controlled via a home-built LabVIEW routine. Whenever the incident IR light is resonant with an IR-active mode of an Ar-tagged complex, IR photons can be absorbed and, following intramolecular vibrational relaxation (IVR), the Ar atom is lost from the complex. The result is depletion in the signal of the parent M+(CO2)n–Ar complex which serves as a signature of photon absorption. Recording the depletion as a function of wavelength yields an infrared action spectrum of the complex. To aid with assignment and interpretation, experimental spectra are compared with harmonic frequency calculations for a range of low–lying calculated cluster structures. Initial geometry optimization was performed on various starting geometries of the M+(CO2)n complexes generated via the stochastic KICK algorithm45 using the B3P86 density functional46 coupled with the Def2TZVP basis set47 on all atoms, without symmetric constraint. Singlet, triplet and quintet spin states were considered for all complexes, with the triplet states found to be consistently lowest in energy for all complexes. This is expected for Co+ and Rh+ which both


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have d8 3F ground terms but is, perhaps, surprising for Ir+ given its 5d76s 5F lowest energy term. Such effects have, however, been seen previously. A switching of the relative energetic ordering of different Fe+ electronic states upon complexation with CO2 was observed by Armentrout et al.48 in their study of sequential bond energies in Fe+(CO2)n. In the present case the lower–spin d8 configurations provide more symmetric structures than the d7s states in which hybridization is induced by incoming ligands. All spectra have been recorded in the region of the CO2 asymmetric stretch region and for this reason computational efforts were focused on M+(CO2)n complexes. We have not searched exhaustively for insertion, OM+CO(CO2)n-1, complexes, but, at least for n>2, we found the M+(CO2)n complexes to be lower in energy. Harmonic vibrational frequency calculations were performed on all unique structures identified to ensure they were indeed true minima (zero imaginary frequencies). Any found to possess higher symmetry were re–optimized within the highest possible symmetric point group. This ensures there are no significant differences between the symmetry–constrained and unconstrained energies, and aids assignment of the electronic states and vibrational modes of each relevant structure. Additional calculations were performed on all unique structures in the presence of an Ar atom in order to determine any effect the rare gas tag may have. All calculations were performed using the Gaussian 09 suite of programs49 and structural details for key structures are given in the supplementary material accompanying this article. Lastly, simulated IR spectra of the unique structures of interest were generated by convoluting calculated IR signals with a Lorentzian line shape with full-width half-maximum (FWHM) of 4 cm-1. Simulated IR spectra have been scaled (factor 0.962) such that the


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calculated asymmetric stretch of CO2 at the B3P86/Def2TZVP level of theory (2442 cm-1) matches that from experiment (2349 cm-1).


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III. Results and Discussion A. Co+(CO2)n–Ar spectra Figure 2 shows the time-of-flight mass spectrum obtained via the laser ablation of a cobalt disk in the presence of a backing gas mixture of ca. 0.5% CO2 in Ar. A wide range of Co+(CO2)n and Co+(CO2)n–Ar species are formed with signal intensities gradually reducing as the number of CO2 ligands increases. Qualitatively similar mass spectra are obtained for the Rh+(CO2)n and Ir+(CO2)n complexes. CO2 binding to Co+ is reasonably strong. Experimentally, Asher et al. determined a dissociation energy, D0 (Co+–CO2) > 6960 cm-1,50 while recent CCSD(T) investigations by Sodupe et al. places this value at ca. 7450 cm-1.25 This is much greater than the photon energy in the vicinity of the asymmetric stretch of CO2 (2349 cm-1), thus necessitating the use of rare-gas tagging.32-36 Even Ar binds strongly to Co+. The Brucat group determined a Co+–Ar binding energy of 4111 cm-1,51 and similar argon binding energies have previously been encountered in the case of Ni+(CO2)n–Ar clusters studied by Duncan et al..23 In the present case the result is that, even at high laser fluences, no photodissociation of the Co+(CO2)–Ar complex is observed. Figure 3 shows the IR-REPD spectra recorded for the Co+(CO2)n–Ar (n = 2–5) complexes in the region 2275 to 2450 cm-1. The Co+(CO2)2–Ar spectrum exhibits a single strong feature at 2385 cm-1, i.e. blue-shifted ca. 36 cm-1 from the frequency of the asymmetric stretch in free CO2 (2349 cm-1). Similar blue-shifts have previously been observed in other M+–CO2 containing clusters.16-23,

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interaction,25 with a linear geometry preferred (i.e., η1 via the O atom, reflecting the negative


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quadrupole moment of CO2). The blue–shift indicates little CO2 activation as expected given the lack of back–bonding from the metal ion towards the slightly negatively-charged O atom. For the n = 2 complex, both in–phase and out–of–phase combinations occur but, in the case of a linear (D∞h) complex, only the out-of-phase combination is IR–active. The single feature in the spectrum of Co+(CO2)2–Ar is thus indicative of a linear, D∞h configuration. Such a linear structure is consistent with the global minimum structure from DFT calculations (Structure I - Figure 4). This is consistent with significant s-d hybridization with electron density directed away from the CO2 ligands minimizing ion–ligand repulsion and encouraging ligand binding linearly on opposite sides of the metal cation. This rationale also accounts for the linear structure calculated for the Sr+(CO2)2 complex.52 As the number of CO2 ligands increases, an additional vibrational band appears in the IR spectra to the red of the original band (see Figure 3). This new band gradually red–shifts with increasing n towards the free CO2 value at 2349 cm-1. For the Co+(CO2)3 complex, multiple vibrational modes arise. A planar D3h structure would have a single IR active mode and can thus be ruled out. Our DFT calculations instead suggest a global minimum structure with a near–linear Co+(CO2)2 ‘core’ structure (Figure 4, Structure I) and a third CO2 weakly–bound in a non–planar structure (Structure II – Figure 4, see also S.I.). The spectral signature of the weakly bound CO2 is still blue–shifted from free CO2 (by ca. 20 cm-1), but by less than the ‘core’ ligands at 2385 cm-1. This interpretation of two ‘core’ ligands and a more weakly bound third is borne out in the calculated M+–ligand bond lengths with M+––O bond lengths for the two ‘core’ CO2 ligands of 2.01 Å, 2.16 Å for the third CO2 (for structural details, see S.I.). The relative binding energies of successive ligands also reflects this structure with a


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halving of the Co+(CO2)n-1––CO2 binding energy between n = 2 and 3 (from ca. 0.91 eV to 0.43 eV- vide infra) A coordination number of 2 for a gas-phase M+–(CO2)n complex is not unprecedented. Both Al+(CO2)n and Si+(CO2)n show an increase in photodissociation yield for n > 2.17-18 Larger coordination numbers, however, are more common, as in the case of V+, Ni+ and Fe+, (n ≥ 4). 19, 22-23

In Co+(CO2)n, the spectrally observed trend is, however, established by n = 3. With

increasing n > 3, two bands are observed, one close to 2385 cm-1 consistent with the Co+(CO2)2 core, and a second, whose blue–shift decreases with increasing n, due to more weakly–bound ligands. It is also notable that the relative intensity of the latter band increases relative to that of the 2385 cm-1 band as the number of ligands attached increases. Figure 3 also shows the IR-REPD spectrum for the non-Ar–tagged Co+(CO2)14 complex shown as a typical example of the spectra of the larger clusters. These are all very similar in showing a broad feature close to the free CO2 stretch (possibly with unresolved multiple shell structure) and a ‘core’ band whose blue-shift is slightly larger than for the very smallest complexes possibly reflecting increased rigidity in larger coordination shells where ligand– ligand interactions are more important. The presence of these intermediate shells has previously been inferred in the spectra of cationic Fe+, Ni+ and V+–(CO2)n complexes.19, 22-23


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B. Rh+(CO2)n–Ar spectra The IR-REPD spectra for the Rh+(CO2)n–Ar complexes are presented in Figure 5. In contrast to the Co+(CO2)2–Ar, spectrum, the Rh+(CO2)2–Ar spectrum shows two peaks (at ca. 2401 and 2373 cm-1) blue–shifted by 52 and 24 cm-1, respectively, from the free CO2 stretch. This is consistent with in–phase and out–of–phase linear combinations of CO2 stretches indicating a non–linear structure. Our calculations predict a near–linear, C2v, structure as the global minimum (Structure III – Figure 6) but this is inconsistent with the experimental spectrum as it predicts only a single IR band in this region. At least one other isomer must be present. We calculate a low-lying C2v symmetry with O2C–Rh+–CO2 bond angle of 109.3⁰ (Structure IV - Figure 6) around 0.21 eV above the global minimum, the simulated IR spectrum for which agrees well with the experimental spectrum. Including an argon atom in the calculations does not significantly affect the relative energies of the two isomers. Other spin multiplicities have been considered but, in each case, triplet state structures are consistently the lowest in energy. Similar bent geometries to that of structure IV have been observed previously for the Mg+(CO2)2 and Al+(CO2)2 complexes,16-17 and predicted (for Mg+(CO2)2) by calculations performed by Sodupe et al..52 The origin of non-linearity of ML2 molecules has received considerable computational attention in the context of hybridization and pseudo– Jahn–Teller distortion.52-53 In some cases, hybridization of the metal ion is proposed to lead to pronounced polarization by a first ligand leading to a preference for off axis binding of a second. Rh+ (at α = 34.4 a03) is calculated to be significantly more polarizable than the Co+ ion (α= 20.6 a03),54 which would support a more bent structure for Rh+(CO2)2 than for Co+(CO2)2.


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The Rh+(CO2)3–Ar IR–REPD spectrum shows three clear bands – the same two observed for the n = 2 complex plus a strong new band, at 2364 cm-1, closer to the free CO2 stretch. As for the Co+(CO2)3–Ar complex, the new feature may be understood in terms of a CO2 weakly– bound to the non-linear Rh+(CO2)2 core. This is supported by DFT with the simulated IR spectrum of the lowest energy structure (Structure V – Figure 6) showing three such bands (albeit with relative intensities differing from the experimental spectrum). Again, the M+– ligand bond lengths are markedly shorter for the ‘core’ CO2 ligands (ca. 2.20 Å), than for the more weakly-bound CO2 ligand (2.35 Å, see S.I.). As the number of ligands increases, so the vibrational mode due to weakly-bound CO2 molecules tends further towards the free CO2 band (Figure 5), reflecting the fact that each successive additional ligand that binds to the Rh+(CO2)2 ‘core’ experiences weaker perturbation. Beyond n = 6, the most blue-shifted band (interpreted as the in–phase combination of the CO2 asymmetric stretch in the core Rh+(CO2)2 cluster) becomes too weak to be observed. This may result from the core becoming increasingly linear as the number of ligands increases, rendering this mode IR–inactive. The IR-REPD spectra of the larger n > 6 complexes can thus be interpreted as a single core vibrational mode (around 2385 cm-1) and an intense, unresolved feature around the wavenumber of free CO2 reflecting the outer ligands.


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C. Ir+(CO2)n–Ar spectra Figure 7 shows the IR-REPD spectra for the Ir+(CO2)n–Ar complexes. The smallest complex (n = 2) exhibits one strong feature that appears at ca. 2367 cm-1 accompanied by a broader shoulder which extends to 2400 cm-1. The similarity with the spectrum of Rh+(CO2)2–Ar indicates a non– linear structure of Ir+(CO2)2. Calculations predict a C2h global minimum structure (Figure 8 – Structure VI) for Ir+(CO2)2, but a C2v isomer (Structure VII) some 0.79 eV higher in energy provides a better match with the experimental spectrum. In this case, the presence of the Ar tag changes the relative energetic ordering of low–lying structures with the C2v variant of Ir+(CO2)2–Ar calculated to be the global minimum (structure VII*). This structure is not unlike the lowest energy structure calculated for Rh+(CO2)2 (Structure IV – Figure 6). The polarizability of Ir+ (at α = 27.9 a03 – Ref. 54) is intermediate between that of Co+ and Rh+ and this is reflected in Ir+––O bond lengths of 2.06 Å (2.03 Å) for structure VI (VII), which lie between the 1.95 Å in Co+(CO2)2 and 2.15 Å (2.23 Å) in Rh+(CO2)2 for structure III (IV). The spectrum of the n = 3 complex (Figures 7 and 9), shows three clearly–resolved bands with one band, at 2350 cm-1, very close to free CO2 stretch. This indicates a very weakly– interacting ligand consistent with a secondary solvent sphere. Again, DFT calculations support this idea, with the lowest energy structure comprising a non–linear Ir+(CO2)2 ‘core’ (with M+––O bond lengths 2.07 Å (ca. 2.07 Å)) with the third CO2 ligand bound somewhat further away (M+––O distance 2.57 Å (2.48 Å), Structure VIII (IX) – Figure 9). The simulated IR spectra of the two lowest energy structures (including the respective Ar-tagged counterparts) compare well with the experimental IR-REPD spectrum.


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The Ir+(CO2)n–Ar complexes show more structured IR-REPD spectra than the Co+ and Rh+ analogues and the changes upon addition of more ligands are more pronounced. Unlike the Co+(CO2)n and Rh+(CO2)n complexes, the wavenumber of the feature associated with the ‘core’ (ca. 2365 cm-1) initially red-shifts with the sequential addition of another two CO2 ligands, appearing at ca. 2353 cm-1 for the n = 5 complex. From n = 6 onwards, however, this feature subsequently blue–shifts as further CO2 ligands are attached reaching ca. 2365 cm-1 for the Ir+(CO2)15 complex. It is likely that n = 6 represents a full secondary solvation shell, with an Ir+(CO2)2 core and four more weakly bound ligands, lending a degree of rigidity to the complex structure. This idea is supported by the fact that the in-phase asymmetric stretching combination of the Ir+(CO2)2 ‘core’ follows the same trend as the out-of-phase asymmetric stretching combination.

D. Trends and comparisons Figure 10 shows a summary of the trends in the vibrational bands identified for all species observed in this study as a function of increasing number of ligands. All spectra for n ≤ 10 were recorded with Ar–tagging, those for n > 10 without. The Co+(CO2)n spectra are anomalously simple in exhibiting a single vibrational band for the n = 2 complex reflecting the higher symmetry of the Co+(CO2)2 ‘core’. All bands show a progressive red-shift (i.e., towards the free CO2 band) as n increases 2–5 by which time, in the case of the Rh+ and Ir+ complexes, one vibrational mode (assigned to vibrations in non-core ligands) has reached the


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free CO2 wavenumber. Beyond n = 5, the higher wavenumber bands blue-shift further and do not appear to have reached their asymptote by n = 15 (the largest cluster studied here). The DFT simulations suggest that all three systems studied exhibit a ‘core’ M+(CO2)2 structure to which additional ligands bind more weakly. This is supported by the trend in binding energy as a function of CO2 ligands, displayed in Figure 11, which shows that the third CO2 ligand binds much more weakly than the first two in all three sets of M+(CO2)n complexes. Additionally, the geometrical structures of the M+(CO2)2 complexes are different, with the bond angle apparently correlated with the polarizability of the metal ion. The weakly polarizable Co+ (α = 20.6 a03) results experimentally in a linear Co+(CO2)2 structure, which exhibits a single vibrational band in its IR-REPD spectrum. The much higher polarizability of Rh+ (α = 34.4 a03) leads to the formation of a very bent, low-lying Rh+(CO2)2 isomer, which results in two clear vibrational bands being observed. Lastly, Ir+(CO2)2 has an intermediate, weakly bent, structure reflecting the Ir+ polarizability of 27.9 a03.54 All of these structures distort upon addition of further ligands but their signature remains in markedly shorter bond lengths for two CO2 molecules.

IV. Conclusions A combination of infrared resonance-enhanced photodissociation spectroscopy and density functional theory has been applied to investigate the structures of gas-phase M+(CO2)n (M = Co, Rh, Ir; n = 2–15) ion–molecule complexes. The results yield new details on the key interactions between metal ions and CO2 ligands. In particular, these studies highlight the central role played by a tightly bound core of M+(CO2)2 to which subsequent ligands bind less


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tightly. The evidence for this comes both from experiment (relative blue–shifted frequencies of different ligands) and from calculation of successive ligand binding energies.


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AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Author *[email protected]

Present Addresses † Current address: Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstrasse. 4, 85748 Garching Supporting Information Energies and structural parameters are provided for calculated low energy structures. Acknowledgments ASG is grateful to the EPSRC for funding his postdoctoral position. AK is grateful to the Royal Society for his Newton Fellowship. AI is grateful to Wadham College and EPSRC for his graduate studentship. The authors are grateful to Advanced Research Computing facility at the University of Oxford for providing supercomputer facilities. This work is funded by EPSRC under Programme Grant EP/L005913/1.


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Figure 1. Schematic of the overall experimental setup used for the study of gas-phase M+(CO2)n–Ar complexes. The “cutaway” ablation block is based on the design of Duncan and co-workers and facilitates the formation of single metal ion complexes.


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Figure 2. Time-of-flight mass spectrum obtained following the laser ablation of a cobalt target in the presence of a backing gas mixture of ca. 0.5% CO2 in Ar. In addition to Co+(CO2)nAr and Co+(CO2)nAr2 complexes, Co+O(CO2)n (*) and Co+(CO2)nAr3 (†) complexes are formed. Qualitatively similar time–of–flight spectra are obtained following ablation of rhodium and iridium targets.


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Figure 3. IR-REPD spectra for the Co+(CO2)n–Ar complexes recorded in depletion of the parent ion signal in the region of the CO2 asymmetric stretch. The IR-REPD spectrum for the untagged Co+(CO2)14 complex is also included for comparison. The vertical dashed line indicates the vibrational frequency of the asymmetric stretch (ν3) of free CO2 at 2349 cm-1.


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Figure 4. Experimental IR-REPD spectra for the Co+(CO2)2–Ar and Co+(CO2)3–Ar complexes together with the simulated IR spectra for candidate structures calculated at the B3P86/Def2TZVP level of theory.


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Figure 5. IR–REPD spectra for the Rh+(CO2)2–5–Ar complexes recorded in depletion of the parent ion signal in the region of the CO2 asymmetric stretch. The IR-REPD spectrum for the untagged Rh+(CO2)14 complex is also included for comparison. The vertical dashed line indicates the vibrational frequency of the asymmetric stretch (ν3) of free CO2 at 2349 cm-1.


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Figure 6. Experimental IR-REPD spectra for the Rh+(CO2)2–Ar and Rh+(CO2)3–Ar complexes shown together with the simulated IR spectra for energetically low–lying candidate structures calculated at the B3P86/Def2TZVP level of theory. By convention, all energies are specified relative to the energy of the putative global minimum structure.


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Figure 7. IR-REPD spectra for the Ir+(CO2)2–5–Ar complexes recorded in depletion of the parent ion between 2275 and 2450 cm-1 . The IR–REPD spectrum for the untagged Ir+(CO2)14 complex is also included for comparison. The vertical dashed line indicates the vibrational frequency of the asymmetric stretch (ν3) of free CO2 at 2349 cm-1.


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Figure 8. Experimental IR–REPD spectra for the Ir+(CO2)2–Ar complexes shown together with the simulated IR spectra from candidate structures (both untagged and Ar-tagged) calculated at the B3P86/Def2TZVP level of theory. The energy differences are calculated relative to the putative global minimum assigned for the untagged and Ar-tagged species, separately.


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Figure 9. Experimental IR–REPD spectra for the Ir+(CO2)3–Ar complexes shown together with the simulated IR spectra for candidate structures (both untagged and Ar-tagged) calculated at the B3P86/Def2TZVP level of theory. Structures IX* and VIII* are energetically indistinguishable. For both Ir+(CO2)3–Ar calculated isomers, the CO2 ligands are virtually co-planar with Ar atom, which is orthogonal to the plane.


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Figure 10. Experimental peak positions displayed as a function of cluster size for the M+(CO2)n complexes (n = 2–15, M = Co, Rh and Ir). The uncertainties in the peak positions correspond to the full-width-half-maximum (FWHM) of a fitted Gaussian function employed to determine the position of a particular peak. The square markers indicate Ar–tagged complexes and triangular markers the larger, untagged M+(CO2)n complexes. The horizontal dashed line marks the vibrational frequency of the asymmetric stretch (ν3) of the free CO2 molecule at 2349 cm-1.


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Figure 11. Calculated binding energies of successive CO2 ligands to M+(CO2)1–3 (M = Co, Rh and Ir) complexes. The binding energies are determined by calculating the energy difference between putative global minima of the parent complex and the pertinent products from CO2 loss.


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