Metal ions in biological systems. vol. XVIII. Circulation of metals in the environment : Edited by Helmut Sigel,Marcel Dekker,New York and Basle, 1984, 397 pp.

The solvent, pressure and temperature dependencies of the lowest energy metal to ligand charge transfer absorption bands were studied for a series of complexes of the type Mo(CO)₄(N$\text{N}$), where N$\text{N}$ = 2,2′-bipyridine, 1,10-phenanthroline and biacetylbis(phenylimine). Throughout the series of complexes the absorption bands shift to shorter wavelength in more polar solvents or on increasing the pressure in a particular solvent, but to longer wavelengths on increasing temperature. These main tendencies can be accounted for in terms of solvent polarity and its dependence on pressure and temperature.