Heterodinuclear transition-Metal Cluster Ion in the Gase Phase. Thermochemistry and Reactivity of NBFe+ and NbFeL+ (L = O, CO, H2O, and Alkenes)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100346a059

We report on the gas-phase chemistry of NbFe+.NbFe+ was prepepared by reacting laser-desorbed Nb+ with Fe(CO)5 to produce NbFe(CO)3+ and NbFe(CO)2+ , which both undergo collisional activation by sequential loss of carbonyl ligands to produce NbFe+.NbFe+ i