@article{4008,
  author = {Michael Thompson and Jacob Ramsay and J. Mathias Weber},
  title = {Interaction of CO2 with Atomic Manganese in the Presence of an Excess Negative Charge Probed by Infrared Spectroscopy of [Mn(CO2)n]- Clusters},
  abstract = {<p>We report infrared photodissociation spectra of manganese\textendashCO<sub>2</sub>\&nbsp;cluster anions, [Mn(CO<sub>2</sub>)<sub>n</sub>]-\&nbsp;(n\&nbsp;= 2\textendash10) to probe structural motifs characterizing the interaction between Mn and CO<sub>2</sub>\&nbsp;in the presence of an excess electron. We interpret the experimental spectra through comparison with infrared spectra predicted from density functional theory calculations. The cluster anions consist of core ions combining a Mn atom with a variety of ligands, solvated by additional CO<sub>2</sub>\&nbsp;molecules. Structural motifs of ligands evolve with increasing cluster size from simple monodentate and bidentate CO<sub>2</sub>\&nbsp;ligands to oxalate ligands and combinations of these structural themes.</p>},
  year = {2017},
  journal = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry A},
  volume = {121},
  pages = {7534-7542},
  month = {2017-09},
  issn = {1089-5639},
  url = {http://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpca.7b06870},
  doi = {10.1021/acs.jpca.7b06870},
}