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Resonance Raman study of (h2-TCNE)M(CO)5 (M = Cr, W; TCNE = tetracyanoethene). Evidence for an olefin-complex $\rightarrow$ metallacyclopropane transition upon low-energy metal-to-ligand charge-transfer excitation

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Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 409 (1-2): 189--195 (1991)
DOI: 10.1016/0022-328X(91)86144-F

Abstract

A solid state resonance Raman investigation of the nonhydrogen-contg. title complexes was performed with long-wavelength laser excitation (514.5-611 nm). The spectra confirmed the h2-coordination of the p-acceptor olefin tetracyanoethene (TCNE) and showed that the absorption bands near 700 nm arise from transitions between the metal and TCNE. The metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (MLCT) character of these transitions is much more pronounced for the tungsten complex. These observations confirm the higher degree of metal (d)/ligand(p*) orbital mixing in the chromium complex and also provide evidence for a structural change from that of an alkene p-complex towards a metallacyclopropane arrangement upon MLCT excitation. on SciFinder(R)

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