Mass Spectrometry in Inorganic Chemistry

18 Appearance Potentials, Ionization Potentials and Heats of Formation for Perfluorosilanes and Perfluoroborosilanes J. D . M c D O N A L D , C. H. WILLIAMS, J. C. T H O M P S O N , Downloaded by CORNELL UNIV on May 17, 2017 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date: June 1, 1968 | doi: 10.1021/ba-1968-0072.ch018

and J. L. MARGRAVE Rice University, Houston, Texas

A Bendix measure

time-of-flight

mass spectrometer

appearance

species containing

potentials silicon,

has been used to

and ionization

boron, and

potentials

fluorine.

From

data, a mutually

consistent set of average bond energies

thermodynamic

properties

has been

of these and

derived.

Τ η contrast to the l a r g e a m o u n t of d a t a r e p o r t e d o n the heats of f o r m a *

t i o n a n d b o n d strengths of h y d r o c a r b o n s a n d

fluorocarbons,

m u c h less

is k n o w n a b o u t t h e c o r r e s p o n d i n g s i l i c o n a n d s i l i c o n - b o r o n c o m p o u n d s . F o r t h e perfluorosilanes a n d b o r o n c o m p o u n d s , heats of f o r m a t i o n are reported for S i F B F (3). Si H 2

6

4

(12),

SiF

2

and S i F (I, 13), B F

3

(II), B F

2

(5)

and

T h e o n l y v a l u e f o r the s i l i c o n - s i l i c o n b o n d s t r e n g t h is b a s e d o n

d a t a (7),

a n d n o measurements at a l l h a v e b e e n m a d e o n t h e

s i l i c o n - b o r o n b o n d . A v e r a g e b o n d energies are u s e d to d e r i v e the o n l y p u b l i s h e d values of the heat of formation of S i F

3

I n this p a p e r ,

(8).

a p p e a r a n c e p o t e n t i a l studies, w h i c h l e a d to t h e i o n i z a t i o n potentials a n d heats of f o r m a t i o n of S i F , S i F , S i B F , B F , a n d S i F , are r e p o r t e d . 2

6

3

6

2

7

2

3

T h e s e are u s e d to c a l c u l a t e b o n d d i s s o c i a t i o n energies w h i c h m a y b e u s e d to c a l c u l a t e t h e r m o d y n a m i c p r o p e r t i e s of other

fluorosilanes.

Experimental T h e a p p e a r a n c e potentials g i v e n i n this w o r k w e r e m e a s u r e d o n a B e n d i x m o d e l 1 4 - 1 0 7 t i m e - o f - f l i g h t mass spectrometer. T h e i o n source electronics w e r e m o d i f i e d to p r o v i d e o p e r a t i o n a c c o r d i n g to the R e t a r d i n g P o t e n t i a l D i f f e r e n c e ( R P D ) m e t h o d (2, 6). W i t h t h e e l e c t r o n source filament at t h e e l e c t r o n e n e r g y p o t e n t i a l b e l o w g r o u n d , t h e five e l e c t r o n g r i d s of the s t a n d a r d m o d e l 14 i o n source w e r e c o n n e c t e d as f o l l o w s : 261

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g r i d N o . 1, b i a s e d at — 5 volts d . c , p u l s e d to + 5 volts w i t h respect to the filament; grids N o . 2 a n d 4, + 1 v o l t d.c. w i t h respect to the filament; g r i d N o . 3, —1.0 or —1.1 v o l t d.c. to the filament to p r o v i d e a 0.1 v o l t R P D step; a n d g r i d N o . 5, at g r o u n d p o t e n t i a l . T h i s a p p a r a t u s , w h e n tested o n 0 , N , a n d the n o b l e gases, gave results s i m i l a r to those r e p o r t e d b y M e l t o n a n d H a m i l l ( 6 ) , b u t w h e n the s i l i c o n fluorides w e r e i n t r o d u c e d , some difficulty w a s e n c o u n t e r e d . T h e e l e c t r o n t r a p c u r r e n t , a n d h e n c e the i o n c u r r e n t , decreased w i t h t i m e , a n d the m e a s u r e d a p p e a r a n c e p o t e n t i a l of the s t a n d a r d ( N ) d r o p p e d several tenths of a n e.v. d u r i n g the experiment. B o t h effects w e r e p r o b a b l y c a u s e d b y the t h e r m a l d e c o m p o s i t i o n of the samples, d e p o s i t i n g a s i l i c o n m e t a l r e s i d u e o n the e l e c t r o n g r i d s . T h e effect w a s m i n i m i z e d b y o p e r a t i n g at l o w s a m p l e pressures ( 1 - 2 X 10" t o r r ) a n d c l e a n i n g t h e i o n source f r e q u e n t l y . T h e l o w e r signal-to-noise r a t i o c a u s e d b y l o w s a m p l e pressure r e s u l t e d i n r e d u c i n g the a c c u r a c y of measurement. T h e a p p e a r a n c e potentials ( A P ) w e r e c a l i b r a t e d against N / N , A P = 15.57 volts a n d H e / H e , AP — 24.58 volts ( 4 ) . 2

2

2

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6

2

+

2

+

T h e S i F gas w a s p u r c h a s e d f r o m M a t h e s o n a n d w a s f r e e d of S 0 b y p a s s i n g i t o v e r i r o n at 8 0 0 ° C . S i F was p r o d u c e d b y flowing the S 0 - f r e e S i F over S i m e t a l at 1 1 7 5 ° C ; the gaseous p r o d u c t s w e r e l e a k e d i n t o the i o n source of the mass spectrometer b y a line-of-sight p a t h . A t t e m p t s to detect S i F i n the gaseous p r o d u c t s w e r e unsuccessful. T h e S i F , S13F8, a n d S i B F w e r e f r a c t i o n a l l y d i s t i l l e d f r o m the v o l a t i l e p r o d ucts f o r m e d b y h e a t i n g a S i — F or S i — F — Β p o l y m e r ( 9 , 1 0 ) ; the s a m p l e fractions w e r e a b o u t 9 7 % p u r e . 4

2

2

2

4

3

2

f i

2

7

Calculations T h e a p p e a r a n c e potentials m e a s u r e d for the p r o d u c t i o n of the v a r i o u s p a r e n t a n d f r a g m e n t ions are l i s t e d i n T a b l e I ; a l l h a v e a n e x p e r i m e n t a l r e p r o d u c i b i l i t y of ± 0 . 1 volt. T h e process of f o r m a t i o n of a g i v e n i o n m u s t b e chosen to p r o d u c e the most consistent set of results. I n the c a l c u l a t i o n s w h i c h f o l l o w the i n t e r n a l e x c i t a t i o n energy a n d excess k i n e t i c e n e r g y of t h e f r a g m e n t i o n are neglected. F o r this reason, o n l y those f r a g m e n t a t i o n reactions l i k e l y to i n v o l v e a m i n i m u m a m o u n t of i n t e r n a l e x c i t a t i o n energy a n d excess k i n e t i c energy w e r e u s e d i n the c a l c u l a t i o n s . A s a n e x a m p l e of the m e t h o d of c o m p u t a t i o n , c o n s i d e r Process 6: Si F = SiF 2

6

2

+

+ SiF

4

O n e has for the change i n e n t h a l p y , Δ Η , for this f r a g m e n t a t i o n r e a c t i o n Δ Η = ΔΗ,° ( S i F ) + I P ( S i F ) + Δ Η / ( S i F ) - Δ Η / ( S i F ) = 13.02 e.v. Γ

2

2

4

2

6

U s i n g the values for the heats of f o r m a t i o n of S i F a n d S i F g i v e n i n T a b l e I I a n d the appearance p o t e n t i a l of S i F f r o m S i F i n T a b l e I., this e q u a t i o n is s o l v e d for Δ Η / ° ( 8 ΐ Ρ ) = —565 k c a l . / m o l e . S u b t r a c t i n g 2

2

2

+

4

2

6


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263

and Perfluoroborosilanes

Process 6 f r o m Process 10 gives Si F 3

+ SiF =

8

2Si F

4

2

6

where AH

= 2AH/(Si F ) -

r

2

AH, (Si F ) e

6

e

B y i n s e r t i n g t h e v a l u e for A H ° ( S i F ) /

2

A H / ( S i F ) = 0.43 e.v.

e

4

calculated above a n d that for

6

A H ° ( S i F ) f r o m T a b l e I I , t h e h e a t of f o r m a t i o n of S i F /

4

3

=

aH,°(SiJFs)


Table I. Ion/Compound Si F Si F Si F Si F SiF SiF SiF SiF Si BF SiBF BF 3

8

8

7

2

5

2

4

4

3

2

Appearance

SiF

SiF^

2

Si F 2

6

12.89

+

15.71 16.20 27.35 28.75

+

+

11.29

+

c

Si F

Si BF

10.84 15.62 11.77 11.43

12.97 11.32

3

+

4

a

in Volts"

+

+

2

Potentials

+

2

is d e t e r m i n e d ,

8

- 7 5 4 kcal./mole.

14.30 (15.8) 13.02 14.16

8

2

15.51 13.45

15.42 13.21 11.56 15.36 11.95 14.67

+

+

+

Experimental reproducibility =

±

0.1 e.v.; Absolute accuracy =

±

7

0.3 e.v.

It is n o w p o s s i b l e to set u p t w o s i m u l t a n e o u s e q u a t i o n s i n v o l v i n g D(Si-F)

a v g

. andD(Si-Si)

a v g

.:

A H / ( S i F ) = 6 A H / ( F ) + 2ΔΗ/(Si,gas) 2

6

Atf/(Si F ) =8AH 3

8

/

(F)

e

+ 3ΔΗ/(Si,gas) -

B y s o l v i n g these, one finds D ( S i - F )

a v g

. =

141 a n d 142 k c a l . r e s p e c t i v e l y .

8D(SiF)

a v g

a v g

. - D(Si-Si)

. -

2

and S i F

4

.

a v g

2D(Si-Si)

138 k c a l . a n d D ( S i - S i )

58 k c a l . F r o m s i m i l a r c a l c u l a t i o n s o n S i F =

6D(SiF)

a v g

.

one gets D ( S i F )

A s a "best" value D ( S i - F )

a v g

.

w

— a v g

.

=

139 z t 3 is chosen.

W i t h t h i s v a l u e i n the a b o v e e q u a t i o n s one o b t a i n s

D(Si-Si)

10 k c a l .

. =

a v g

55±

T h e r e is a b r e a k i n the i o n i z a t i o n efficiency c u r v e for S i F Si F . 2

6

and

3

+

from

B e l o w the b r e a k the i o n i z a t i o n is a t t r i b u t e d to i o n p a i r p r o d u c t i o n

a b o v e the b r e a k to m o r e c o n v e n t i o n a l d i s s o c i a t i v e i o n i z a t i o n . W i t h

this

l a t t e r i n t e r p r e t a t i o n , Process

AH °(SiF ) f

8

=

-253

combined

with

k c a l . / m o l e as c o m p a r e d

5

with

Process —254

1

gives

kcal./mole

c a l c u l a t e d o n the basis of t h e average S i - F b o n d d i s s o c i a t i o n energy. using A H ° ( S i F ) f

IP(SiF ) 3

=

3

=

13.3 volts.

—253

kcal./mole

i n Process

1, one

By

calculates

Recent quantum mechanical calculations, h o w

ever, s t r o n g l y s u p p o r t I P ( S i F ) = 3

8.5 ±

1 volts [ H a s t i e , J . W . M a r g r a v e ,


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J . L . ( u n p u b l i s h e d w o r k , 1967-1968)] a n d y i e l d t h r o u g h Process 1 the value A H ° ( S i F ) = f

-235

3

v a l u e for S i F

3

±

20 k c a l . / m o l e .

give A H ° ( S i F ) = f

2

r i

i n Process 4 y i e l d s I P ( S i F , ) = 2

r

—358 ±

7.5 ±

Process 9 a n d this l a t t e r

20 k c a l . / m o l e a n d this heat

1 volts. A c o m b i n a t i o n of a p p e a r -

ance potentials for Processes 8 a n d 12 y i e l d s A H ° ( S i B F ) = £

2

—637

7

±

25 k c a l . / m o l e . W i t h this v a l u e a n d Process 14, one calculates A H ° ( SiBF >) f

=

r

—454 ± 25 k c a l . / m o l e a n d f r o m Process 11 one derives A H ° ( B F ) f

-150 ±

20 k c a l . / m o l e . Process 15 y i e l d s I P ( B F ) — 2

9 ±

process s i m i l a r to that u s e d for s i l i c o n , one computes D ( B - F ) * 3 kcal./mole and D ( B - S i )

a v g

. =

55 ±

=

2

1 volts. B y a v f ?

.=

152

±

15 k c a l . / m o l e .

T h e results of these c a l c u l a t i o n s are s u m m a r i z e d i n T a b l e I I I .

The


uncertainties l i s t e d are o b t a i n e d b y a s s i g n i n g a n e r r o r of 0.1 v o l t or 2.3 k c a l . to e a c h a p p e a r a n c e p o t e n t i a l u s e d i n c a l c u l a t i n g a g i v e n q u a n t i t y . T h e final d a t a h a v e b e e n u s e d to c a l c u l a t e a n a p p e a r a n c e p o t e n t i a l f o r e a c h of t h e reactions i n T a b l e I I I . A l t h o u g h i n some processes t h e m e a s u r e d a n d c a l c u l a t e d values agree to w i t h i n 0.1 e.v., i n others—e.g., the p r o d u c t i o n of S i F

2

+

f r o m S i F , i n t e r n a l excitation energy a n d excess 4

k i n e t i c energy considerations are i m p o r t a n t , a n d the difference

between

t h e m e a s u r e d a p p e a r a n c e p o t e n t i a l a n d that c a l c u l a t e d for the "best fit" process is l a r g e r . Processes i n v o l v i n g e x c i t e d fragments w e r e not u s e d i n the c a l c u l a t i o n s of t h e r m o d y n a m i c properties g i v e n i n T a b l e I I . Table II.

AH °

Species SiF SiF SiF SiF Si F Si F Si F BF SiBF Si BF

f

3

4

5

2

6

3

8

2

5

2

7

D(Si-F) D(Si-Si) D(B-F) D(B-Si) . a v g

a v g

a v g

a v g

= 139 ± =55 ± =152 ± = 55 ±

1

7.3 ± 0 . 2 11.29 ± 0.1 8.5 ± I 15.7 ± 0.1 7.5 ± 1 (10.6 ± 1.0) 10.84 ± 0.1 9 ± I (11 ± 1.0)· (10.6 ± l ) c

5 20 ± 0.2 25 5 10 20 20 25

e

e

a

3kcal./mole 10kcal./mole 3kcal./mole 15 k c a l . / m o l e

Parent ion not observed. * Other quantities used in calculations:

a

AH °(F) àH °(F~) Atf,°[Si(g)] AH °[B(g)] AH °(BF ) r

f

r

r

c

3

= = = = =

6

IP (volts)

(kcal./mole- )

-2 ± 3 -136 ± -235 ± -386.0 -358 ± -565 ± -754 ± -150 ± -454 ± -637 ±

2

2

Heats of Formation and Ionization Potentials

18.8 ± 1 kcal./mole - 6 4 . 8 ± 1 (4) 105 ± (4) 133 ± 3 (4) - 2 7 1 ± 2 (11)

(4)

Hastie, J . W . , Margrave, J. L . (unpublished work, 1967).


a

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Perfluorosilanes

265

and Perfluoroborosttanes

Table III. Probable Fragmentation Reactions and Calculated Appearance Potentials Calc. A P , volts a


Process 1.

SiF = SiF

3

2.

SiF = SiF

2

4

4

Meas. A P , volts

+

+ F

16.2 ± 0.5

16.20

+

+ 2F

23.6 ± 0.5

27.35

3.

SiF = SiF + 3F

28.4 ± 0.5

28.75

4.

Si F = Si F

12.9 ± 1.0

12.89

5.

Si F = SiF

6.

Si F = SiF

7.

Si F = Si F

8.

Si F = Si F

9.

Si F = SiF

10.

Si F = SiF

11.

Si BF = Si F

5

12.

Si BF = Si F

4

13.

Si BF = SiF

14.

Si BF = SiF

15.

Si BF = BF

α

+

4

2

0

2

2

6

2

6

3

8

3

8

2

7

2

7

2

+ SiF

+

+ SiF

3

2

7

4

13.02

14 ± 1

11.77

—

11.43

+ SiF

4

+ Si F

5

+ Si F

+

2

2

2

7

2

15.8

13.0 ± 0.5

2

7

2

12 ± 1

3

+

4

+

3

+ SiF

+

5

2

8

3

2

+

2

8

3

3

+ F-

+

5

2

2

15.51

13.5 ± 0.5

13.45

+

+ BF

2

13 ± 1

12.97

+

+ BF

3

—

11.32

+

3

6

15.5 ± 0.5

+

+

+ SiBF

4

15.7 ± 1.0

15.42

+ SiBF

5

13 ± 1

13.21

15 ± 1

14.67

+ Si F 2

5

6

Based on Table II data.

(Meas.-Calc. Values) > experimental error; fragment may possess kinetic energy, or may be in excited electronic or vibrational states, or the reaction products may be different than assumed. 6

Conclusions F r o m these d a t a , o n e c a n n o w p r e d i c t t h e heats o f f o r m a t i o n o f Si-B-F

compounds

b a s e d o n t h e f o l l o w i n g average b o n d

dissociation

energies D(Si-F) D(B-F)

.

=

139 ± 3 k c a L / m o l e

.

=

152 ± 3 k c a l . / m o l e

a v g

. =

5 5 ± 10 k c a l / m o l e

.

55 ± 15 k c a l . / m o l e

a v g

a v g

D(Si-Si) D(Si-B)

a v g

=

F o r t h e m o n o s i l i c o n species o n e c a n c a l c u l a t e i n d i v i d u a l b o n d disso c i a t i o n energies as f o l l o w s : D(SiF -F)

=

170 ± 10 k c a l . / m o l e

D(SiF -F)

=

118 ± 10 k c a l . / m o l e

D(SiF-F)

=

153 ± 5 k c a l . / m o l e

D(SiF)

=

130 ± 3 k c a L / m o l e

3

2


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Acknowledgments T h i s w o r k has b e e n s u p p o r t e d w i t h f u n d s f r o m t h e A d v a n c e d R e s e a r c h Projects A g e n c y , t h r o u g h t h e A r m y R e s e a r c h Office i n D u r h a m , and b y the Robert A . W e l c h Foundation.


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