Mixed-valence complexes electron-vibrational coupling

There are at least two ways in which detailed information about electron-vibrational coupling strengths can be obtained for mixed-valence complexes. Both are based on the fact that such coupling will be reflected in modifications of the vibrational spectrum. Thus, for example, coupling to antisymmetric modes in a symmetric ion will modify intensities and frequencies of the modes involved. 

Core vibrational frequencies obtained by Raman or resonance Raman spectrophotometric technique are summarized in Table V (53, 113, 116-118). The p(Pt—Pt) bands for the pop complexes [Pt2(pop)4] " (PtdDa), [Pt2(pop)4X] - (Ptdl,111)2), and [Pt2(pop)4X2] - (Pt(III)2) increase in the order expected from increasing Pt—Pt interaction (53). Resonance Raman spectra have been used frequently for the assignment of the electronic transitions of complexes as listed in the table. Also, observation of the vibrational structure in the low-temperature luminescence spectra coupled with the data in the table has been useful for considering the nature of the transition of these diplatinum complexes. The resonance Raman spectra at the intervalence band of the three mixed-valence complexes, which are stable only in the solid state, indicate that [Pt2(pop)4Cl] is a localized valence species and the bromo and iodo analogues are nearly delocalized valence species (53). 

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