A ground state bleach around 360-480 nm is apparent in the TA spectrum of 3 (Figure , a), which represents absorption into the MLCT band. The MLCT absorption is convoluted with a broad excited state absorption across the spectral range. The excited state absorption decays to baseline within 25 ps (Figure , b) suggesting a relatively low degree of photodegradation and is consistent with the modest quantum yield for Pd(II)-C homolysis in 3 vs 1a. This fast absorption decay for 3 also indicates a large proportion of the sample returns to the ground state.