Structural investigation of the bridged activated complex in the reaction between hexachloroiridate(IV) and pentacyanocobaltate(II)

Time resolved energy dispersive X-ray absorption spectroscopy has been used to follow the structural evolution of the inner-sphere electron transfer reaction between [IrCl6](2-) and [Co(CN)(5)](3-), and to characterise the local structure of the iridium metal centre in the bridged activated complex formed during the reaction.