Contributed by Jean-Marie P. Lehn, October 8, 1981 ABSTRACT Visible light irradiation of solutions of Ru(2,2'-bipyridine)2+, cobalt(ll) chloride, and carbon dioxide in acetonitrile/water/triethylamine generates simultaneously carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The reaction involves photoinduced reduction of CO2 and H20, triethylamine serving as electron donor in the Ru(2,2'-bipyridine)2+/Co2+ system. The amount of gas (CO