Group 6 me
thylme
tal fluoride, me
thylidene, and me
thylidyne complexes (CH
3-MF, CH
2=MHF, and CH
ti
ties/
tbd1.gif">MH
2F) are formed by reac
tion of
the laser-abla
ted me
tal a
toms and me
thylfluoride during condensa
tion in excess argon and have been iden
tified by ma
trix infraredspec
troscopy. The CH
3-CrF molecule is much more s
table and is
the only produc
t found forCr, and all
three comparable energy produc
ts are observed for Mo, bu
t only
the more s
tab
leCH2=WHF and CH
ti
ties/
tbd1.gif">WH
2F forms are
trapped for W. The las
t molecules are pho
toreversible,owing
to
-hydrogen
transfer be
tween carbon and me
tal a
toms. The me
thylidene complexesare formed on ul
traviole
t irradia
tion (240-380 nm) a
t the expense of
the me
thylidynecomplexes, and
the process is reversed on visible irradia
tion (
&g
t; 420 nm). Calcula
tionsshow
tha
t one
-H is dis
tor
ted
toward
the me
tal a
tom, which provides evidence of s
trongagos
tic in
terac
tion in
the me
thylidene ground s
ta
te molecules.