Nuclear Recoil Reactions in Organo-Manganese Compounds. V. —Mn(CO)5 Target Compounds
HMn(CO)5, DMn(CO)5, CH3Mn(CO)5, and C6H5Mn(CO)5 have been irradiated with neutrons and the product spectrum of 56Mn-containing molecules determined. The results show that H56Mn(CO)5 is formed in all cases: 21.0%, 23.6% from HMn(CO)5 and DMn(CO)5 targets, respectively, and 6.9% and 2.1% from CH3Mn(CO)5 and C6H5Mn(CO)5, respectively. Thus the yields are not in accord with the number of H atoms per target molecule. Preliminary experiments show that •*Mn(CO)5 exchanges rapidly with HMn(CO)5 and DMn(CO)5 and very slowly with CH3Mn(CO)5 and C6H5Mn(CO)5. It is deduced that the very high yield of H56Mn(CO)5 in HMn(CO)5 and DMn(CO)5 targets could arise from the rapid exchange, while the lower yields of H56Mn(CO)5 in other targets must likely come from radical reactions following thermal dissociation of the target molecule.