title: Combining gas phase electron capture and IRMPD action spectroscopy to probe the electronic structure of a metastable reduced organometallic complex containing a non-innocent ligand.
abstract: Combining electron capture dissociation mass spectrometry and infrared multiple photon dissociation action spectroscopy allows the formation, selection and characterisation of reduced metal complexes containing non-innocent ligands. Zinc complexes containing diazafluorenone ligands have been studied and the localisation of the single electron on the metal atom in the mono-ligated complex has been demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire, Ecole polytechnique and CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France. gilles.frison@polytechnique.edu.
authors.forename: Madanakrishna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katari
authors.forename: Eleonore
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Payen de la Garanderie
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nicol
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Steinmetz
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van der Rest
authors.forename: Duncan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Carmichael
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frison