Molybdenum complexes photochemistry

Reviews have appeared of the photophysics of molybdenum complexes, primary and secondary processes in organometallic chemistry, flash photolysis of Pe(CO)5 and Cr(CO)g, dinuclear manganese carbonyl compounds, the photochemistry of metal complexes isolated in low temperature matrices, cluster complexes, diene complexes, photoproduction of coordinativeiy unsaturated species containing rhodium or iridium, and redox chemiluminescence of organometallic compounds.Synthetic and metal organic photochemistry in industry has also been reviewed. 

The photochemical studies of transition metal hydride complexes that have appeared in the chemical literature are reviewed, with primary emphasis on studies of iridium and ruthenium that were conducted by our research group. The photochemistry of the molybdenum hydride complexes Mo(tj5-C5H5)2M2] and [MoH4(dppe)2] (dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2), which eliminate H2 upon photolysis, is discussed in detail. The photoinduced elimination of molecular hydrogen from di-and polyhydride complexes of the transition elements is proposed to be a general reaction pathway. 

Heterostannenes, preparation and characteristics, 3, 870 Heterosubstituted arenes, metallation, 9, 17 Hexaaryldiplumbanes, preparation, 3, 887 Hexabutyldistannane, preparation, 3, 856 Hexacarbenes, in cobalt(III) complexes, 7, 19 Hexacarbonyl complexes, with molybdenum kinetics and reactivity, 5, 395 photochemistry, 5, 393 solid-support studies, 5, 394 spectroscopic and theoretical studies, 5, 392 Hexadentate iV-substituted triazacyclononane, synthetic applications, 1, 70... 

Molybdenum(IV).—Several reports have appeared dealing with the existence and properties of molybdenum(iv) in aqueous solutions. Kinetic studies, however, have been concentrated upon photolytic investigations of cyanides of molybdenum(iv). Photolysis of the [Mo(CN)8] ion in liquid ammonia and in O.lM-NaOH have been reported. The mechanism proposed for the latter study agrees with the results of Samotus (1971) in which a relatively short-lived intermediate [Mo(CN) -OH] and a longer-lived intermediate [Mo(CN)e] were observed. The complex ions [Mo(CN)70H] and [MoO(OH)(CN)4] , relevant to the photochemistry of the [Mo(CN)g] ion, have now been characterized. ... 

The photochemistry of dithiolene complexes of selected second- and third-row transition metal ions have also been investigated. Like the complexes with nickel, dithiolene complexes of palladium, platinum, molybdenum, and tungsten catalyze the formation of hydrogen from water when aqueous solutions of the complexes are irradiated at wavelengths shorter than 290 Tetrahydrofiiran is... 

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