Time-resolved Laue diffraction of excited species at atomic resolution: 100 ps single-pulse diffraction of the excited state of the organometallic complex Rh2(μ-PNP)2(PNP)2·BPh4

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 174 - 176
• Main Authors: Benedict, Jason B, Makal, Anna, Sokolow, Jesse D, Trzop, Elzbieta, Scheins, Stephan, Henning, Robert, Graber, Timothy, Coppens, Philip
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 14.02.2011
• Subjects: Algorithms; Molecular Structure; Organometallic Compounds - chemistry; Photochemistry; Rhodium - chemistry; Synchrotrons; Temperature; Time Factors; X-Ray Diffraction - methods

The polychromatic Laue technique has been applied in 100 ps delay synchrotron pump-probe experiments of the triplet excited state of a Rh( i ) dinuclear complex. The observed contraction of the Rh-Rh distance of 0.154 (13) is less than predicted by a series of theoretical calculations, a difference...