| Title: | Evidence for Cobalt−Cobalt Bond Homolysis and Wavelength-Dependent CO Loss in (μ2-Alkyne)Co2(CO)6 Complexes
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| Authors: | Nicola M. Boyle, Anthony C. Coleman, Conor Long, Kate L. Ronayne, Wesley R. Browne, Ben L. Feringa, and Mary T. Pryce, 2010 |
| Abstract: | Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy was used to probe the photochemistry of three (μ2-alkyne)Co2(CO)6 complexes. The data indicate the formation of a triplet diradical species, with lifetimes in the range 38−71 ps. Theoretical calculations support these experimental findings. No evidence for the CO loss species, (μ2-alkyne)Co2(CO)5, was observed, and this is rationalized by the low quantum yield for this process at the excitation wavelengths used. |
| ICHEC Project: | Estimating the potential energy surfaces around pi-coordinated arene ligands in (eta-Arene)Cr(CO)3 complexes |
| Publication: | Inorganic Chemistry, 49 (22), pp 10214–10216 |
| URL: | http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic101321u |
| Status: | Published |
