Infrared spectroscopic evidence for carbon monoxide dissociation and radical pathways in the photochemical reactions on (η-cyclopentadienyl)(methyl)tricarbonyl-molydenum

Infrared spectroscopy of organometallic complexes in polymers films at 12–293 K has been used to investigate reactive species; in the photoreactions of (η5-C5H5)Mo(CO)3(CH3) both CO dissociation and MoCH3 bond homolysisreactions were observed.