Spectroscopic Observation of the Formyl Cation in a Condensed Phase.

abstract

• The formyl cation, HCO+, has long been believed to be an important intermediate in the chemistry of carbon monoxide (CO) in acidic environments, but its spectroscopic observation in solution has been elusive. This species was generated by the reaction of CO with the liquid superacid hydrofluoric acid-antimony pentafluoride (HF-SbF5) under pressure and was observed by nuclear magnetic resonance and infrared spectroscopy. Equilibria between CO in the gas phase, CO dissolved in HF-SbF5, the SbF5 adduct of formyl fluoride, and HCO+ associated with several equilibrating anions of the type [SbxF5x+1]- are proposed to describe the system.

authors

• Gladysz, John

published proceedings

• Science

altmetric score

• 0.5

author list (cited authors)

• de Rege PJF, .., Gladysz, J. A., & Horvath, I. T.

citation count

• 52

complete list of authors

• Gladysz, JA||Horvath, IT

publication date

• May 1997

publisher

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  Publisher

published in

• Science  Journal

keywords

• 34 Chemical Sciences
• 3406 Physical Chemistry
• 3407 Theoretical And Computational Chemistry

PubMed Central ID

• 9115198

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1126/science.276.5313.776

start page

• 776

end page

• 779

volume

• 276

issue

• 5313

URL

• https://doi.org/10.1126/science.276.5313.776