He-I photoelectron spectra of some d0 transition metal compounds

Abstract

Photoelectron spectra excited in the gas phase with He-I radiation are reported for the tetroxides, RuO₄ and OsO₄, and for the oxychloride species VOCl₃, CrO₂Cl₂ and MoO₂Cl₂. The X-ray photoelectron spectrum of OsO₄ has also been measured. The nature of the metal-oxygen bonding in these molecules, as inferred from the spectrometric data, is discussed.