Photochemistry of transition metal hydride complexes

Photochemistry of transition metal hydride complexes. G. L. Geoffroy, Prog. Inorg. Chem., 1980, 27, 123-151 (58). 

Geoffroy, George, L., Photochemistry of Transition Metal Hydride Complexes 27 123... 

Geoffroy, George, L., Photochemistry of Transition Metal Hydride Complexes George, J. W., Halides and Oxyhalides of the Elements of Groups Vb and VIb George, Philip and McClure, Donald S., The Effect of Inner Orbital Splitting on the Thermodynamic Properties of Transition Metal Compounds, and... 

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. 

Carbonyl Complexes of the Transition Metals Electronic Sfructme of Organometalhc Compounds Hydride Complexes of the Transition Metals Ligand Field Theory Spectra Manganese Organometalhc Chemistry Photochemistry of Transition Metal Complexes Rhenium Organometalhc Chemistry Rutheiuum Organometalhc Chemistry. 

Asymmetric Synthesis by Homogeneous Catalysis Coordination Chemistry History Coordination Organometallic Chemistry Principles Dihydrogen Complexes Related Sigma Complexes Electron Transfer in Coordination Compounds Electron Transfer Reactions Theory Heterogeneous Catalysis by Metals Hydride Complexes of the Transition Metals Euminescence Luminescence Behavior Photochemistry of Organotransition Metal Compounds Photochemistry of Transition Metal Complexes Ruthenium Organometallic Chemistry. 

Photochemical cleavage of metal-carbon bonds constitutes a brief part of a recent review on the photochemistry of metal carbonyls. Reviews of metal-alkyl and -aryl complexes have also appeared, one of which is concerned solely with metals in Groups IV— VII. The other deals with the formation, stability, and decomposition pathways of transition metal-carbon a-bonds, subjects of much interest in recent years. Consequently the recent isolation of the first stable methylene complex [Ta(Me)(CHa)(jj-C6H6)2] and its unequivocal characterization by a single-crystal JlT-ray diffraction study is of great interest in view of the probability that related derivatives are involved in the recently reported (see Vol, 4, p. 293) examples of a-hydride elimination in metal alkyls. 

Another route to productive CT photochemistry can involve proton transfer reactions between A and D +, which are favored in the redox pair arising from the enhanced acidity of D + (relative to D) and basicity of A (relative to A). Numerous examples of these reactions exist in the organic literature [240-241], and such a pathway should be particularly important for transition-metal hydrides with significantly enhanced acidities of their (metastable) cation radicals [242]. Thus irradiation of the EDA complex of fumaronitrile (as acceptor) with the hydridic donor (CP2M0H2) [35] leads to CT hydro-metallation. 

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