VCD spectroscopy as an excellent probe of chiral metal complexes containing a carbon monoxide vibrational chromophore

摘要

Vibrational circular dichroism, VCD, gives evidence that the carbon monoxide chromophore in a heteroleptic cyclopentadienyl Ru(II)-carbonyl complex is very sensitive to the chirality of the metal centre and becomes an excellent probe to define the configuration of chiral metal complexes.