Ligand-field photolysis of the fischer complex, (OC)5WC(OMe)Ph: time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopic evidence for alkyl–metal interaction following co photodissociation

Abstract

Transient resonance Raman spectroscopy suggests that the co-ordinatively unsaturated fragment produced by ligand field photodissociation of the Fischer complex, (OC)₅WC(OMe)Ph, undergoes rapid (<10 ns) rearrangement to a species displaying a partial bonding interaction between the methyl group and the metal centre.