INFRARED MATRIX ISOLATION EVIDENCE FOR THE FORMATION OF (η5-CYCLOPENTADIENYL)TRICARBONYL-MOLYBDENUM AND -TUNGSTEN RADICALS IN CARBON MONOXIDE MATRICES AT 12 K

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(83)80205-8

Infrared spectroscopic evidence including 13CO labelling and energy-factored force-field fitting is presented for the first time to show that the radicals (η⁵-C5H5)M(CO)3 radical (M=Mo, W) and HCO are produced on photolysis of (η⁵-C5