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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Catal Today. 2016 Aug 16;286:21–40. doi: 10.1016/j.cattod.2016.08.014

Table 3.

Sequential Bond Dissociation Free Energies (kJ/mol) of M+(L)x complexes for π-ligands. Uncertainties in parentheses [61].

M+ L = (C6H6) L = (MeC6H5) L = (N,N-Me2-C6H5)

x = 1 x = 2 x = 1 x = 2 x = 1 x = 2
Li+ 161 (14) 104 (7) 183 (16) 117 (3) 210 (8) 128 (4)
Na+ 93 (6) 80 (6) 112 (4) 87 (2) 129 (4) 99 (2)
K+ 74 (4) 68 (7) 80 (5) 75 (5) 99 (3) 76 (3)
Rb+ 69 (4) 63 (8) 71 (4) 68 (4) 92 (2) 72 (3)
Cs+ 65 (5) 59 (8) 64 (4) 62 (4) 83 (2) 66 (3)