Abstract
A method has been developed that enables resonance Raman spectra of photolabile species in solution to be recorded under conditions where the level of photoalteration is controlled: a low level enables reactant spectra to be recorded, whereas a high level enables the spectra of short-lived transient species to be recorded in real time using continuous-wave (CW) lasers and standard Raman detection equipment. The design includes a sealed flow system, enabling air-sensitive species to be studied under an inert atmosphere. A simple theoretical model has been developed to aid the interpretation of experimental results, and its applicability is demonstrated. Controlled photoalteration and its theory are demonstrated with 413.1-nm excitation of carbonmonoxymyoglobin (MbCO), which generates deoxymyoglobin (deoxy-Mb) on photolysis, and for which the spectra of both species are well established. The methods have also been applied to two air-sensitive, photolabile transition metal carbonyls using 514.5-nm wavelength excitation: for Cp<sub>2</sub>Mo<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub>6</sub> (Cp = η<sup>5</sup>–C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>), increasing levels of photoalteration result only in a decrease in the parent band intensities, relative to the solvent bands; for Cp<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>(CO)<sub>4</sub> , increasing levels of photoalteration result in the appearance of additional bands that are assigned to the transient species CpFe(μ–CO)<sub>3</sub>FeCp, formed following the loss of a CO ligand.
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