title: The role of odd-electron intermediates and in-cage electron transfer in ultrafast photochemical disproportionation reactions in Lewis bases.
abstract: Femtosecond visible pump-IR probe studies of Cp2W2(CO)6 in P(OMe)3 and CH2Cl2 have allowed direct observation of a 19-electron intermediate and of disproportionation into CpW(CO)3- and CpW(CO)3P(OMe)3+ on the ultrafast time scale. A new disproportionation mechanism involving in-cage electron transfer between a 19-electron intermediate and a 17-electron radical has been proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Matthias F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kling
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cahoon
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Glascoe
authors.forename: Jennifer E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Shanoski
authors.forename: Charles B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Harris