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Abstract
The ultraviolet photodissociation of the prototypical organometallic half-sandwich compound dicarbonylcyclopentadienyliodoiron(II) [η 5-CpFe(CO)2I] has been studied in the gas phase across the wavelength range 260 ≤ λ ≤ 310 nm using multi-mass velocity-map ion imaging with photoproducts detected using both resonance enhanced multiphoton and vacuum ultraviolet (λ = 118.2 nm) single photon ionisation methods. Ion images recorded for the atomic iodine and the cyclopentadienyl photoproducts reveal fast, anisotropic components to their recoil velocity distributions. The experimental work is supported by multi-reference (spin–orbit averaged) electronic structure calculations that suffice to illustrate the high electronic state density in such transition metal complexes and provide insights into the rival fragmentation dynamics. The ground state parent molecule has singlet spin multiplicity, but the product energy disposal measured following Fe–Cp bond fission shows the involvement of nominally spin-forbidden transitions. The Fe–I and Fe–Cp bond fissions should both be viewed as homolytic and occurring on excited state potentials that are dissociative in the relevant ligand elimination coordinate.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e1813343 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Molecular Physics |
Volume | 119 |
Issue number | 1-2 |
Early online date | 9 Sept 2020 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 18 Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful to the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the award of a Programme Grant (EP/L005913) and to Emma Elsdon, Dr. Matthew Bain and Dr. James Smith for their many contributions to the earlier stages of this work. CSH is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Academic Award (DE200100549).
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Keywords
- Photodissociation
- organometallic complex
- velocity map ion imaging
- single photon ionisation
- multiphoton ionisation
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Chemical Applications of Velocity & Spatial Imaging
Orr-Ewing, A. J. (Researcher) & Ashfold, M. N. R. (Principal Investigator)
8/01/14 → 31/12/19
Project: Research