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Applications of flash photolysis with time resolved infrared (TRIR) detection techniques to kinetics investigations of reactive organometallic intermediates are described. The apparatus used a XeCl excimer laser as the pump source and lead salt diode lasers as probe sources with an overall tuning range from 1550 to 2200 cm1. For illustration, flash photolysis studies of some ruthenium and iron carbonyl complexes relevant to the catalytic activation of carbon monoxide and of other small molecules will be reviewed.

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