Abstract
The N → O linkage photoisomerization mechanism in a ruthenium nitrosyl complex, [RuCl(NO)(py)4]2+, for which a quasicomplete photoconversion between the stable nitrosyl (N-bonded) and metastable isonitrosyl (O-bonded) isomers has been observed under continuous irradiation of the crystal at 473 nm ( Cormary et al. Acta Cryst. B 2009 , 65 , 612 - 623 ), is investigated using multiconfigurational second-order perturbation theory (CASPT2). The results support efficient intersystem crossing pathways from the initially excited singlet states to the lowest triplet excited state of metal-to-ligand charge transfer character (3MLCT). The topology of the involved potential energy surfaces corroborates a complex sequential two-photon photoisomerization mechanism involving nonadiabatic processes in agreement with experimental observations and previous density functional theory calculations.
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