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Autocatalytic sonolysis of iron pentacarbonyl in room temperature ionic liquid [BuMeIm][Tf2N]
Lenaïc Lartigue1, Rachel Pflieger, Sergey I Nikitenko
1Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, UMR 5253, Chimie Moléculaire et Organisation du Solide, Université Montpellier II, Place E. Bataillon, F-34095, Montpellier Cx5, France.
Abstract:
The autocatalytic sonochemical reaction of Fe(CO)(5) decomposition in [BuMeIm][Tf(2)N] provides iron nanoparticles in higher yields than in tetralin. Such a difference is explained by the higher decomposition of the intermediate Fe(3)(CO)(12) according to the two-sites model of the sonochemical reactions and the specific properties of the ionic liquid.
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