The ground-
state electronic
structure and the lowe
st-lying excited
states of the cationic mi
xed-valent dinuclear comple
xes [(η
2-dppe)(η
5-C
5Me
5)Fe[C
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C-1,4-(C
6H
4)C
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C]Ru(η
2-dppe)
2(X)][PF
6] (X = Cl,
2; X = C
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C(4-C
6H
4NO
2),
5) are discussed, with particular emphasis on the photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer between the ruthenium and iron centers. The location and intensities of the low-lying absorptions exhibited in the near-infrared (near-IR) range by these heterodinuclear mi
xed-valent (MV) comple
xes correlate with predictions based on the Hush model,
strongly sugge
sting that they correspond to intervalence charge-transfer (IVCT) bands.