Facile photoinduced charge separation through a cyanoacetylide bridge in a heterobimetallic Fe(II)-Re(I) complex

Smith, M.E., Flynn, E.L., Fox, M.A., Trottier, A., Wrede, E., Yufit, D.S., Howard, J.A.K., Ronayne, K.L., Towrie, M., Parker, A.W., Hartl, F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7013-5360 and Low, P.J. (2008) Facile photoinduced charge separation through a cyanoacetylide bridge in a heterobimetallic Fe(II)-Re(I) complex. Chemical Communications (44). pp. 5845-5847. ISSN 1359-7345 doi: 10.1039/b811357b

Abstract/Summary

Photoinduced Fe-to-bpy charge transfer in [{Cp(dppe)Fe}-(mu-C CC N){Re(CO)(3)(bpy)}]PF6 has been observed by ps-TRIR spectroscopy, supported by UV-Vis/IR spectroelectrochemistry and DFT calculations.