Analysis and characterization of coordination compounds by resonance Raman spectroscopy

Resonance Raman spectroscopy has become a powerful tool to study excited-state geometries, excitedstate charge distributions and photoinduced reaction dynamics in coordination compounds. Due to their rich photophysical properties coordination compounds are utilized for a variety of applications ranging from DNA sensing to photocatalysis. This review features recent applications of various resonance Raman scattering techniques to mechanistically study the interplay of geometrical and electronic structure and photoinduced dynamics in coordination compounds. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.