Kinetic and structural information on metal cluster rearrangement in solution from EXAFS spectra
Abstract
Pt LIII edge EXAFS spectra for the spiked triangular cluster [Ru3Pt(µ-H)(µ4-η2-CCBut)(CO)9(dppe)][dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane]1 measured during its rearrangement in solution into the butterfly cluster [Ru3Pt(µ4-η2-CCHBut)(CO)9(dppe)]2 show substantial changes, which provide both structural data on the complexes in solution and kinetic information on the course of the reaction.