Theoretical and experimental studies of the unprecedented spin-dependent structures of [Cp2Fe2(CO)2], the double-CO-loss product of [Cp2Fe2(CO)4]

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Marcello Vitale , Marsi E. Archer and Bruce E. Bursten *


Abstract

Photochemically generated [(η-C5R5)2Fe2(CO)2], which is a triplet molecule with terminal CO ligands, undergoes thermal relaxation to the singlet ground state of the molecule, which has bridging CO ligands.


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