Metastable anions of CO2

Long-lived metastable negative ions of CO₂ have been observed in the gas phase as direct products of electron and cesium collisions with organic molecules which contain “bent” CO₂ as a basic unit. The long autodetachment life-times are attributed to two related factors - first, the potential energy curve of CO⁻₂(²A₁) lies below that of CO₂(¹A₁) at 134°, and, second, an unfavorable Franck-Condon overlap exists between the bent ion (134°) and the linear neutral parent.     

Photoinduced Ru-Yb energy transfer and sensitised near-IR luminescence in a coordination polymer containing co-crystallised [Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2- and Yb(III) units

Co-crystallisation of the anionic cyanometallate chromophore [Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2- with Yb(III) provides coordination polymers or oligomers containing Ru-CN-Yb bridges; in [K(H2O)4][Yb(H2O)6][Ru(bipy)(CN)4]2.5H2O Ru-->Yb energy-transfer (k > 5 x 10(6) s(-1)) results in partial quenching of the Ru-based luminescence and sensitised near-IR luminescence from the Yb(III) unit.