Femtosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy has been used to study the excited-state charge transfer dynamics in a set of self-assembled cyclic Fe(II)-bisterpyridine compounds with different pi-conjugated ligands. By analyzing the dynamics, the internal conversion process involving a ligand-centered pi-pi* state to a lower lying metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) state was investigated. This is followed by intersystem crossing to the lowest MLCT state, which was found to occur at the similar to 100 fs time scale. Vibrational cooling in the lowest MLCT state was found to occur on the I Os of femtoseconds time scale. The lowest MLCT state had an excited-state lifetime longer than 5 ns, indicating the possibility of light-induced excited-state spin trapping (LIESST).