Issue 6, 2012

Combining Fourier transform nuclear quadrupole resonance (FT-NQR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS) to study the electronic structure of titanocene dichlorides

Abstract

A combination of nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy (NQR) and mass spectrometry (MS) has been used to observe trends in electronic structure in three titanocenes: bis(cyclopentadienyl) titanium dichloride (η5-C5H5)2TiCl2, bis(pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) titanium dichloride (η5-C5(CH3)5)2TiCl2 and dimethylsilylene-bridged ansabis(cyclopentadienyl) titanium dichloride Si(CH3)25-C5H5)2TiCl2. Using MS, electron ionisation mass spectra of these compounds are presented within the context of the entire homologous series with one to five methyl groups on each cyclopentadienyl ligand. A dedicated NQR spectrometer was constructed for this study with a sensitivity sufficient to precisely determine the NQR resonant frequency of 35Cl atoms using 3 g samples of these titanocenes. The observed frequencies are thus 11.784, 11.930 and 10.863 MHz at 298 K. The results demonstrate that NQR using a relatively simple apparatus can be used as a sensitive and cost effective probe into the molecular structure of organometallic chlorides, which complements the information inferred from the mass spectra.

Graphical abstract: Combining Fourier transform nuclear quadrupole resonance (FT-NQR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS) to study the electronic structure of titanocene dichlorides

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Sep 2011
Accepted
26 Jan 2012
First published
09 Feb 2012

Analyst, 2012,137, 1338-1342

Combining Fourier transform nuclear quadrupole resonance (FT-NQR) spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (MS) to study the electronic structure of titanocene dichlorides

J. Kubišta, M. Civiš, P. Španěl and S. Civiš, Analyst, 2012, 137, 1338 DOI: 10.1039/C2AN15840J

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