Abstract
The photolysis of MoCl4(MeCN)(2) in MeCN in the presence of small amounts of H2O proceeds according to the equation (MoCl4)-Cl-IV. H2O --> (MoOCl4)-O-VI + H-2. It is suggested that a ligand field excited state of MoCl4(H2O)(n), which is initially populated by light absorption, is deactivated to a reactive metal-to-ligand (Mo-IV --> H2O) charge transfer state.
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