Energetics of metal-oxygen bonds in metal complexes of β-diketones

Abstract

The thermochemical data available for standard enthalpies of formation, both in the crystalline and gaseous phases, of metal β-diketonates is reviewed, and the calculation of enthalpies of gas-phase decomposition of these complexes is presented. The homolytic metal-oxygen bond-dissociation enthalpies for several complexes of β-diketones with different metals are calculated, and the results discussed in terms of structure and bonding and, whenever appropriate, trends in the data are suggested and discussed. © 1988 IUPAC