The valence electronic structures of [Cu(hfac)L] (hfac =CF
3C(O)CHC(O)CF
3; L =PMe
3, CNMe), [Ag(hfac)(PMe
3)], and [Ag(fod)(PEt
3)] (fod=
t-BuC(O)CHC(O)C
3F
7)have been studied by recording their photoelectronspectra and by performing X
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-SW calculations on the model compounds[M(dfm)(PH
3)] (dfm =HC(O)CHC(O)H; M = Cu, Ag) and [Cu(dfm)(CNH)]. For the coppercomplexes, the spectra were recorded between 21 and160 eV using He I, He II and synchrotron radiation; while, for thesilver complexes, He I and He II, spectra wererecorded. Assignments were made by comparison of experimental andcalculated values of band energies, and,for the copper complexes, by similar comparison of experimental andtheoretical branching ratios as a functionof photon energy. For the silver complexes, a more limitedcomparison of band intensities in the He I and HeII spectra was made. In analogous compounds, it is shown that thebinding energies follow the sequence Ag 4d> Cu 3d, with an energy difference of almost 2 eV.