As potential catalysts for the photochemical cleavage of water, attention has been focused on compounds of type (1), especially (1a), n = 2, M = Ni, R = Ph, z = 0. Irradiation (λ ≥ 290 nm) of (1) in neutral THF/H2O solution does indeed produce H2, part of it coming from the THF.
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Henning et al. (1980) studied this question.
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