Abstract
By means of mass spectrometric experiments, a semi-quantitative potential-energy surface for the coupled C O and C H bond activation of dimethylether by gaseous Fe + is proposed, which can account for all experimental observations made for this system. Thus, the insertion of the metal cation into the C O bond to afford the insertion species [CH 3–Fe–OCH 3] + is rate determining, followed by β-hydrogen transfer to first afford the bisligated complex (CH 4)Fe(CH 2O) + and then the final products Fe(CH 2O) + + CH 4.
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