ELS Bol Coordination Chemistry Reviews 159, Complete, REVIEWS EVIER March 1997 Contents oe capt hee REE Pe ee EEE Ee ET eR EEO Pee oe Synthesis and photophysical properties of chiral, binuclear metal complexes P. Belser, S. Bernhard, E. Jandrasics, A. von Zelewsky, L. De Cola and V. Balzani ........ Developments in laser selective spectroscopy and photophysics of d° metal—(di-imine) complexes TI 6 ee Sk we ee eee ke a a eo Ligand- and metal-centered inorganic exciplexes generated by excited transition metal complexes 5a Oe we eee ee Gh oe Ue Whe Ala 8a OE Ae ee oe 41 Quenching of triplet states of organic compounds by 1,3-diketonate transition-metal chelates in solution. Energy and/or electron transfer ee SII TI 5 ce oe se Ce oe Oa S oR es oe oe ee 55 Structure—spectra relationships. Cr(III) phosphorescence as a probe for structural phase transitions in alums . Wrempetnem, F. Se A. Cw ww i ee ee eee ee ee eee 75 Photophysics and photochemistry of mercury complexes Be, MAC, Gi. NET TE kk ik wh ee ewe ee ewe etb a ewe eee es 85 Photochemistry of copper complexes and their environmental aspects SN org hae gg ee ke We lee ie ama Sd AS ys 6k, ke Rie a a a HORE AS 95 Photophysics, photochemistry and electrochemistry of mixed-ligand platinum(II) complexes with 2-phenylpyridine and 2-(2’-thienyl)pyridine as cyclometalating ligands K.P. Balashev, M.V. Puzyk, V.S. Kotlyar and M.V. Kulikova .................0.4. 109 Photochemistry of Fe(III), Fe(TV), Ru(III), Mo( VI), and Ni(IV) dithiocarbamate complexes VP. Paveees, FF. Cee Lig 8 eeeb at eae 121 Photochemistry as a tool for elucidating organometallic reaction mechanisms W. Boese, K. McFarlane, B. Lee, J. Rabor and P.C. Ford ...................2..04. 135 Photochemical behaviour of metal complexes. Pressure effect versus mechanism aor an rae eae dal Feige Vig! agg ae Saha ee 8S kD 153 Photochemistry of organometallics: quantum chemistry and photodissociation dynamics a, a ggg A Sang of aE CR MS ww a KN oe es Manifestation of peripheral group effects in photoredox reactions of complexes RE es cg ese eee aah Gea 244 hw ee oak ok OR ve Photochemical reactions of Group 6 metal carbonyls in catalytic transformation of alkenes and alkynes IEE, sie ceed We aes owe Gg ele db Ace a ee Se bo 8 oe ees aS Solvent effects as probes of the dynamical factors controlling sub-nanosecond photoprocesses: the case of W(CO),pyridine Ee a ee ee ee ee eee ee Solvent-initiated photochemistry of transition metal complexes sd yg ta gah ee ea ee Se We NN Ces eS eS Light-induced multielectron charge transfer processes occurring in a series of Group-8—platinum cyanobridged complexes Y. Wu, B.W. Pfennig, S.L. Sharp, D.R. Ludwig, C.J. Warren, E.P. Vicenzi and A.B. Bocarsly 245 Optical and photoinduced electron transfer in ion pairs of coordination compounds PR ere Ge nag areal A a ee ag} in ae Oa ee PO Oe a WP ee Oe Photosubstitution and photoredox behaviour of cyanometallates: reaction models eT I kk Weg ek as WA Oe a ew ee Se ee ew SOs Observations implicating vibronic coupling in covalently linked transition metal electron transfer systems J.F. Endicott, M.A. Watzky, X.Songand T. Buranda ...................220085 Low-lying electronic states of [Rh(bpy), ]**, [Pt(bpy),]?*, and [Ru(bpy)],** . A comparative study based on highly resolved and time-resolved spectra re ee ee ee eee ee ee Effect of solution medium on the rate constants of excited-state electron-transfer quenching reactions of ruthenium(II)-diimine photosensitizers eeeeee ee ee e ee ee ee ee eee Inner-sphere reorganization of photo-induced electron transfers on the laser-excitation of ligand- bridged Ru(II)—Rh(III) and Ru(II)—Co(III) compounds Pe, WP, as PT ED gc we ete eee meee eee ee eae Tailoring of solid state electrical conductivity and optical electron transfer activation of dioxygen in solution through supramolecular charge-transfer interaction in ion pairs Saks ware Saige Voce a a beat ks eR bd AA A, aE ha ho ee Long-lived metal-complex-radicals in photoreactions of S,S’-dialkyl and S,S’-alkanediyl derivatives of bis(1,2-ethenedithiolato)metal complexes RA ase oth Rn ee eee Ges Le iG iin geese Cee ea ree The vibronic structure in the emission spectra of some thienylpyridine complexes eI 2 as 5s paw ied a sen ak gaa o> Na As ce al a tg as 95g BA ng kere clas Se Pa i aa le Gia ane aia dee oe gal: ail eee i oo ae oral ge ie al rays args aan ates ad Dey Beare. Lie Ue Ake ag Lo ecm ian fe