Reaction intermediates in organometallic chemistry studied by time-resolved infrared spectral techniques

摘要

Applications of flash photolysis with time resolved infrared detection techniques to kinetics investigations of reactive organometallic intermediates are described. The apparatus used a XeCl excimer laser as the pump source and lead salt diode lasers as probe sources with an overall tuning range from 1550 to 2200 cm$+$MIN@1$/. For illustration, flash photolysis studies of some ruthenium and iron carbonyl complexes relevant to the catalytic activation of carbon monoxide and of other small molecules will be reviewed.