In a cholesteric solvent molybdenum hexacarbonyl and other optically-isotropic molecules give Cotton effects which are due to the differential effective Lorentz radiation field for left and right circular light, arising from the large circular birefringence of the medium.
S. F. Mason and R. D. Peacock, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1973, 712 DOI: 10.1039/C39730000712
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