Abstract
Irradiation of cis-M. (CO) 4L′2 (M = Cr, Mo, W; L′ = 1,3-dimethyl-4-imidazoline-2-ylidene) in solution leads to photoisomerisation to the corresponding trans-M (CO)4L′2 complexes which are reconverted thermally to the thermodynamically more stable cis-isomers. In the presence of pyridine, the photoreaction of cis-Mo (CO) 4L′2 results in the formation of both fac-Mo (CO)3 (py) L′2 and trans-Mo (CO)4L′2.

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