Inner-shell spectroscopies of solid and gaseous alkylidyne tricobalt nonacarbonyl complexes

Inner-shell excitation spectra of two alkylidyne tricobalt nonacarbonyl complexes, Co3(CO)9C—X (X = Cl, OCH3), have been recorded at the C 1s, O 1s, Co 2p and Co 3p edges using electron energy-loss (EELS) and photoionisation yield techniques for gas-phase studies and synchrotron radiation photo-ionisation with total electron yield detection for solid-state studies. This comparison was undertaken to provide cross-checks on the experimental …