The RuII(OH2)–RuIV(O) couple in a ruthenium complex of 2-(phenylazo)pyridine : homogeneous catalysis of the oxidation of water to dioxygen
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 22,p. 1288-1289
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39820001288
Abstract
In acidic solution [RuII(OH2)(py)L2]2+ can be oxidised to [RuIV(O)(py) L2]2+ in a single reversible step (E°298= 1.20V) and the oxidised complex catalyses the dehydorgenation of water to dioxygen in the presence of Ce4+[py = pyridine; L = 2-(phenylazo)pyridine].Keywords
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