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Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds

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<strong>Photochemistry</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Photophysics</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Coordination</strong> <strong>Compounds</strong>: Ruthenium 151<br />

Fig. 13 Energy transfer pathways in a dinuclear Ru(II)–Os(II) species containing a πextended<br />

bridge<br />

stant would be 0.07 ˚A –1 . However, increasing the bridge length changes the<br />

excited-state energy level <strong>of</strong> the bridge itself, <strong>and</strong> it is proposed that the MLCT<br />

excited state <strong>of</strong> the Ir center assumes an increasing LC character involving<br />

the bridge orbitals as the number <strong>of</strong> phenyls increases. As a consequence,<br />

metal–metal separation does not reflect the effective donor–acceptor separation<br />

for the energy transfer process; with the donor excited state largely<br />

involving the oligophenyl spacer, the energy transfer takes place by an in-

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