Cryogenic matrix isolation procedures are of interest pedagogically because they provide a method for observing reaction intermediates in the photolysis of metal carbonyls using a variety of spectroscopic methods. We describe here an inexpensive and straightforward method for generating and observing the reaction intermediate formed by the photolysis of Cr(CO)6 in a low temperature solid matrix that may be carried out easily in the undergraduate physical or inorganic chemistry laboratory.
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Flair, Mark; Fletcher, T. Rick. J. Chem. Educ.1995 72 753.
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