Dihydrogen evolution by photolysis of HFe(CO)4– and the photoassisted water gas shift reaction: a possible dinuclear reductive elimination mechanism
Abstract
The photolysis of HFe(CO)4– results in the evolution of a 1 : 1 mixture of H2 and CO under Ar and assists the water gas shift reaction under 1 atm pressure of CO; a suggested mechanism involves the dinuclear reductive elimination of H2 following the photolytic extrusion of CO from HFe(CO)4–.