Annual survey of organometallic metal cluster chemistry for the year 2002

Computational investigation of the ligand field effect to improve the photoacoustic properties of organometallic carbonyl clusters

“…24 They are also the common synthetic precursors to other organometallic complexes. [25][26][27] These compounds are surface-active catalysts and have been shown to catalyze the Fischer-Tropsch 28,29 and water-gas shi 30 reactions. But the application of these compounds as PACAs is limited, because their optical absorbance is in the visible region.…”

Ultrafast X‐Ray Solution Scattering Reveals an Unknown Reaction Intermediate in the Photolysis of [Ru3(CO)12]

“…This complex is used in controlled photoactivated synthesis whereby specific types of bonds in the complex are broken at specific wavelengths. [1,2] As the mechanism leading to the cleavage of metal-metal bonds is of great theoretical and practical interest, [3,4] photolysis of [Ru 3 (CO) 12 ] has been extensively studied by spectroscopy in solid matrices and in solution. [2,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] With the exception of ultrafast infrared spectroscopy, which has been most efficient in identifying intermediates based on the detection of bridging CO ligands, most techniques have failed to characterize the structure of the intermediates.…”

Stable clusters in quasicrystals: fact or fiction?

“…If a bare cluster sits on a surface [13] or in a matrix [14], it is called a supported cluster. One gets embedded clusters if the matrix is formed by organic ligands, as in metal-organic compounds [15]. There, the clusters correspond to a polyhedral arrangement of up to more than 100 metal atoms.…”