Capture of SO3 Isomers in the Oxidation of Sulfur Monoxide with Molecular Oxygen
Zhuang Wu, Bo Lu, Ruijuan Feng, Jian Xu, Yan Lu, Huabin Wan, André K. Eckhardt, Peter R. Schreiner, Changjian Xie, Hua Guo, and Xiaoqing Zeng
Chem. Commun. 2018, 54, 1690–1693. DOI: 10.1039/C7CC09389F
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When mixing SO with O2 in N2, Ne, or Ar, an end-on complex OS–OO forms in the gas phase and can subsequently be trapped at cryogenic temperatures (2.8–15.0 K). Upon infrared light irradiation, OS–OO converts to SO3 and SO2 + O with the concomitant formation of a rare 1,2,3-dioxathiirane 2-oxide, i.e., cyclic OS(![[double bond, length as m-dash]](http://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_e001.gif)
O)O. Unexpectedly, the ring-closure of 16OS–18O18O yields a ca. 2 : 1 mixture of cyclic 18OS(16O)18O and 16OS(18O)18O. The characterization of OS–OO and OS(O)O with IR and UV/Vis spectroscopy is supported by high-level ab initio computations.
