Reversible 100 % Linkage Isomerization in a Single-Crystal to Single-Crystal Transformation: Photocrystallographic Identification of the Metastable [Ni(dppe)(η~1-ONO)Cl] Isomer

摘要

Photocrystallography is a rapidly growing technique that allows the full three-dimensional structures of short-lived and metastable photoactivated species to be determined using X-ray diffraction methods. There has also been considerable research in using ultrafast time-resolved electron diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Using photocrystallography it is possible to either determine the structure of a transient species or to follow a dynamic process within a crystal. To date, photocrystallography has required the use of synchrotron radiation coupled with protein-Laue or powder diffraction techniques.