Photochemistry of transition metal carbonyls

Turner, James J.; George, Michael W.; Poliakoff, Martyn; Perutz, Robin N.

Abstract

The purpose of this Tutorial Review is to outline the fundamental photochemistry of metal carbonyls, and to show how the advances in technology have increased our understanding of the detailed mechanisms, particularly how relatively simple experiments can provide deep understanding of complex problems. We recall some important early experiments that demonstrate the key principles underlying current research, concentrating on the binary carbonyls and selected substituted metal carbonyls. At each stage, we illustrate with examples from recent applications. This review first considers the detection of photochemical intermediates in three environments: glasses and matrices; gas phase; solution. It is followed by an examination of the theory underpinning these observations. In the final two sections, we briefly address applications to the characterization and behaviour of complexes with very labile ligands such as N2, H2 and alkanes, concentrating on key mechanistic points, and also describe some principles and examples of photocatalysis.

Citation

Turner, J. J., George, M. W., Poliakoff, M., & Perutz, R. N. (2022). Photochemistry of transition metal carbonyls. Chemical Society Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cs00826a

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: May 23, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jun 16, 2022
• Publication Date: Jun 16, 2022
• Deposit Date: Jun 29, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 29, 2022
• Journal: Chemical Society Reviews
• Print ISSN: 0306-0012
• Electronic ISSN: 1460-4744
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1cs00826a
• Keywords: General Chemistry
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/8501682
• Publisher URL: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/CS/D1CS00826A