Tetraaza complexes with M
2+ were produced in the gas phase by Electrospray (ESI) of solutions containingsalts of M
2+dinitrates
and a tetraaza compound such as cyclam. The complex CyclM
2+ formed in solution
and transferred to the gas phase via ESI was introduced into a reaction chamber containing known partialpressures of a lig
and L. Equilibria between CyclM
2+ and L establish CyclML
n2+ = CyclML
n-12+ + L
andthe equilibrium constants
Kn,n-1 are determined with a mass spectrometer. Determinations at differenttemperatures lead to not only the
G0n,n-1 values but also the
H0n,n-1 and
S0n,n-1 values. Data for
n = 1,2,
and 3 were obtained for L = H
2O
and CH
3OH. The
G01,0,
H01,0 as well as
G02,1,
H02,1 values, whenM
2+ = Mn
2+ and Zn
2+, were larger than those for Ni
2+ and Cu
2+. The lig
and field theory
and the Irvine-Williams series predict a reverse order, i.e., stronger bonding with Ni
2+ and Cu
2+ for simple lig
and reactionswith M
2+. An examination of the differences of the reactions in solution
and gas phase provides a rationalefor the observed reverse order for the CyclM
2+ + L reactions. Differences between gas phase
and solutionare found also when M
2+ = Cu
2+, but the tetraaza macrocycle is changed from, 12-ane to 14-ane to 15-ane.The strongest bonding in solution is with the 14-ane while in the gas phase it is with the 15-ane. Bond freeenergies,
G01,0, for CyclCu
2+ with L = H
2O, CH
3OH, NH
3, C
2H
5OH, C
3H
7OH, (C
2H
5)
2O,
and CH
3COCH
3,are found to increase in the above order. The order
and magnitude of the
G01,0 values is close to
G01,0values observed with potassium K
+ and the same lig
ands. These results show that the cyclam in CyclCu
2+leads to an extensive shielding of the +2 charge of Cu
2+. Lig
ands with gas phase basicities that are relativelyhigh, lead to deprotonation of CyclM
2+. The deprotonation varies with the nature of M
2+ and providesinformation on the extent of electron transfer from the N atoms of the cyclam, to the M
2+ ions.