Trends Across the Periodic Table – A Screening of the Gas‐Phase Chemistry of d‐Block Transition‐Metal Ions with Isocyanides

By screening the reactions of alkyl isocyanides RNC with most of the d‐block transition metal ions several trends are uncovered that permit a deeper insight in the intrinsic properties of the metal ions. The ability of C – H activation, relative binding energies to alkenes and hydrogen isocyanide as well reactivity in general can be deduced from collisional activation of RNC/M+ complexes, using tandem mass spectrometry methodologies.