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Studies of photoinduced electron transfer from Cp{P(OPh)(3)}(CO)W=CPh (1) t
o a series of pyridinium and nitroaromatic electron accepters demonstrate t
hat the excited state is a powerful reducing agent with E-1/2(1*/1(+.)) = -
1.7 +/- 0.2 V.