Gas phase fullerene anions hydrogenation by methanol followed by IRMPA dehydrogenation

Jean-François Greisch; Bernard Leyh; Françoise Remacle; Edwin De Pauw

doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2009.09.015

Gas phase fullerene anions hydrogenation by methanol followed by IRMPA dehydrogenation

J Am Soc Mass Spectrom. 2010 Jan;21(1):117-26. doi: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.09.015. Epub 2009 Sep 30.

Authors

Jean-François Greisch¹, Bernard Leyh, Françoise Remacle, Edwin De Pauw

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium. jean-francois.greisch@chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de

PMID: 19879775
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.09.015

Abstract

The characterization in the gas phase of the mechanisms responsible for hydride formation can contribute to the development of new materials for hydrogen storage. The present work provides evidence of a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation catalytic cycle for C(60)(*-) anions in the gas phase using methanol vapor at room temperature as hydrogen donor. The involvement of methanol in the reaction is confirmed by experiments using CD(3)OD and CD(3)OH. C(60) hydride anions with up to 11 hydrogen atoms are identified via elemental composition analysis using FT-ICR mass spectrometry. For the longer reaction times, partial conversion of the C(60) hydride ions into oxygen containing ion products occurs. Dehydrogenation using infrared multiphoton activation with a CO(2) laser restores the C(60)(*-) anions.