Attaching molecular hydrogen to metal cations: Perspectives from gas-phase infrared spectroscopy

V Dryza; BLJ Poad; EJ Bieske

Journal article

Attaching molecular hydrogen to metal cations: Perspectives from gas-phase infrared spectroscopy

V Dryza, BLJ Poad, EJ Bieske

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1039/c2cp41622k

Abstract

In this perspective article we describe recent infrared spectroscopic investigations of mass-selected M +-H 2 and M +-D 2 complexes in the gas-phase, with targets that include Li +-H 2, B +-H 2, Na +-H 2, Mg +-H 2, Al +-H 2, Cr +-D 2, Mn +-H 2, Zn +-D 2 and Ag +-H 2. Interactions between molecular hydrogen and metal cations play a key role in several contexts, including in the storage of molecular hydrogen in zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, and doped carbon nanostructures. Arguably, the clearest view of the interaction between dihydrogen and a metal cation can be obtained by probing M +-H 2 complexes in the gas phase, free from the complicating influences of solvents or substrates. Infra..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was supported under the Australian Research Council's Discovery Project funding scheme (Project Numbers DP0986980, DP110100312 and DP120100100). The authors acknowledge enjoyable and productive collaborations with theoretician colleagues, Alexei Buchachenko and Jacek Klos, and former group members Corinna Emmeluth and Christopher Thompson.