Carbon disulfide reactions with atomic transition-metal and main-group cations: gas-phase room-temperature kinetics and periodicities in reactivity.

The reactions of 46 atomic-metal cations with CS2 have been investigated at room temperature using an inductively-coupled plasma/selected-ion flow tube (ICP/SIFT) tandem mass spectrometer. Rate coefficients and products were measured for the reactions of fourth-period atomic ions from K+ to Se+, of fifth-period atomic ions from Rb+ to Te+ (excluding Tc+), and of sixth-period atomic ions from Cs+ to Bi+. Primary reaction channels were observed leading to S-atom transfer, CS2 addition and, with Hg+, electron transfer. S-atom transfer appears to be thermodynamically controlled and occurs exclusively, and with unit efficiency, in the reactions with most early transition-metal cations (Sc+, Ti+, Y+, Zr+, Nb+, La+, Hf+, Ta+, and W+) and with several main-group cations (As+, Sb+) and less efficiently with Se+, Re+ and Os+. Other ions, including most late transition and main-group metal cations, react with CS2 with measurable rates mostly through CS2 addition or not at all (K+, Rb+, Cs+). Traces of excited states (< 10%) were seen from an inspection of the observed product ions to be involved in the reactions with Mo+, Te+, Ba+ and Au+ and possibly Pt+ and Ir+. The primary products YS+, ZrS+, NbS+, HfS+, TaS+, WS+, ReS+ and OsS+ react further by S-atom transfer to form MS2(+), and TaS2(+) reacts further to form TaS3(+). CS2 addition occurs with the cations MCS2(+), MS+, MS2(+), CS2(+), and TaS3(+) to form M+(CS2)(n) (n < or = 4), MS+(CS2)(n) (n < or = 4), MS2(+)(CS2)(n) (n < or = 3), (CS2)2(+) and TaS3(+)(CS2). Up to four CS2 molecules add sequentially to bare metal cations and monosulfide cations, and three to disulfide cations. Equilibrium constant measurements are reported that provide some insight into the standard free energy change for CS2 ligation. Periodic variations in deltaG degrees are as expected from the variation in electrostatic attraction, which follows the trend in atomic-ion size and the trend in repulsion between the orbitals of the atomic cations and the occupied orbitals of CS2.