Photoinduced ligand dissociation follows reverse energy gap law: nitrile photodissociation from low energy <sup>3</sup>MLCT excited states
Lauren M. Loftus, Jeffrey J. Rack, Claudia Turró
Abstract
Transient absorption spectroscopy is used to show that stabilization of the <sup>3</sup>MLCT excited state in a series of Ru(<sc>ii</sc>) complexes leads to decreased population of the <sup>3</sup>LF state, but does not reduce the efficiency of photoinduced nitrile dissociation.
Topics & Concepts
Excited stateNitrilePhotodissociationDissociation (chemistry)PhotochemistryChemistrySpectroscopyUltrafast laser spectroscopyPopulationAbsorption spectroscopyAtomic physicsPhysical chemistryPhysicsOpticsOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsDemographySociologyRadical Photochemical ReactionsPhotochemistry and Electron Transfer StudiesMetal complexes synthesis and properties