Reactions of Ta+, W+, and Pt+ with H2, D2, and HD: effect of lanthanide contraction and spin-orbit interactions on reactivity and thermochemistry

Abstract

Journal ArticleThere have been extensive experimental studies of the reactions of atomic first-row and second-row transition metal cations with dihydrogen and its isotopic analogues in our group. For third-row transition metal cations, however, only La+ and Lu+ systems have been studied experimentally although theoretical calculations are in literature. 1-4