Issue 9, 2024

Unexpected and delayed fragmentation dynamics of the organometallic ferrocene induced by ion-collision

Abstract

We have investigated the fragmentation dynamics of the organometallic ferrocene molecule after interaction with multiply charged ions using multicoincidence mass spectrometry and quantum chemistry calculations. We observed unexpected fragmentation dynamics of the two-body breakup channels from ferrocene dications revealing a charge screening effect from the iron atom and delayed fragmentation dynamics. These observations are rationalized through the population of a specific long-lived excited state, where one positive charge is located on each cyclopentadienyl ring.

Graphical abstract: Unexpected and delayed fragmentation dynamics of the organometallic ferrocene induced by ion-collision

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Nov 2023
Accepted
05 Feb 2024
First published
07 Feb 2024
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024,26, 7638-7646

Unexpected and delayed fragmentation dynamics of the organometallic ferrocene induced by ion-collision

F. Aguilar-Galindo, V. T. T. Nguyen, R. Singh, A. Domaracka, B. A. Huber, S. Díaz-Tendero, P. Rousseau and S. Maclot, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2024, 26, 7638 DOI: 10.1039/D3CP05430F

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