A very large Rh-Rh bond shortening on excitation of the [Rh 2(1,8-diisocyano-p-menthane)4]2+ ion by time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction

Philip Coppens, Oksana Gerlits, Ivan I. Vorontsov, Andrey Yu Kovalevsky, Yu Sheng Chen, Tim Graber, Milan Gembicky, Irina V. Novozhilova

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Abstract

A very large Rh-Rh contraction of ∼0.85 Å occurs on excitation of the [Rh2(1,8-diisocyano-p-menthane)4]2+ ion to its triplet state.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2144-2145
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number19
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 7 2004
Externally publishedYes

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