Vibrational spectra and the force field of ethylidyne tricobalt nonacarbonyl: analogies with spectra from the chemisorption of ethylene upon the Pt (111) crystal face

Philip J. Skinner, Martin W. Howard, Ian A. Oxton, S. F. A. Kettle, D.B. Powell, N. Sheppard

Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions 2 Molecular and Chemical Physics · 1981 · 173 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

A detailed vibrational analysis is reported for CH3CCo3(CO)9 and for its deuterated analogue, and assignments have been confirmed by means of an approximate normal-coordinate analysis. Some significant revisions of an earlier assignment have been made. Comparison of these spectra with those obtained by electron energy-loss spectroscopy of a species resulting from the chemisorption of acetylene and ethylene on Pt (111) above 300 K supports the identification of the latter as containing a C·CH3 group. The two most probable alternatives are a CH3CHPt2 species or CH3CPt3+adsorbed hydrogen atoms.