Laser-induced optoacoustic spectroscopy has been applied to the
photoinduced electron-transfer reaction
between Ru(bpy)3
2+ and various salts of
Fe(III) [Fe(ClO4)3,
Fe2(SO4)3, and
FeCl3]. The reaction volume
changes associated with photoinduced ligand exchange derived from these
measurements allowed the
determination of partial molar volumes at high dilutions of several
species such as FeSO4, FeSO4
+,
Fe(SO4)2
-,
Fe(OH)2+, FeCl+, FeCl2+,
and FeCl2
+, not attainable from other
techniques. The volume change of oxidation
of Ru(bpy)3
2+ to
Ru(bpy)3
3+ at high dilution was also
calculated.