Mw. George et al., EXCITED-STATE PROPERTIES AND REACTIVITY OF [RECL(CO)3(2,2'-BIPY)] (2,2'-BIPY = 2,2'-BIPYRIDYL) STUDIED BY TIME-RESOLVED INFRARED-SPECTROSCOPY, Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (19), 1993, pp. 2977-2979
Fast time-resolved infrared spectroscopy shows that the nu(CO) bands o
f the important CO2-reducing complex, (ReCl(CO)3(2,2'-bipy)] 1 (2,2'-b
ipy = 2,2'-bipyridyl), shift up in frequency in the metal to ligand ch
arge-transfer excited state and that the anion 1-, generated by reacti
on of the excited state with triethylamine, shows a lowering in freque
ncy of the nu(CO) bands significantly different from those of related
but non-reducing complexes.