Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Rayonnements, UA-CNRS 75, Université de Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedéx France
Abstract:
A laser flash photolysis study of a binuclear methyl (η1-azaferrocene)cobaloxime is reported. Excitation at 355 nm (4 ns, approximately 60 mJ) results in the reversible electron transfer between cobalt and iron centres COIII/FeII COII/FeIII. This constitutes the first example of photoinduced metal-to-metal electron transfer across a heterocyclic σ, π-bridge