Inner-shell excitation of η5-C5H5Co(CO)2 and related compounds studied by gas phase electron energy loss spectroscopy

Oscillator strengths for carbon 1s, oxygen 1s and cobalt 2p excitation of CpCo(CO)2 (Cp=η5-cyclopentadienyl) have been derived from inner-shell electron energy loss spectra recorded under scattering conditions dominated by electric dipole transitions. The spectral features have been assigned on the basis of comparison with the spectra of the free ligands and with previously studied gas phase organocobalt complexes, Co2(CO)8 and Co(Cp)2, along …