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The oxidation of some ruthenium(II) complexes by ceric ion

Abstract

The rate constants for the oxidation of some o-phenanthroline and bipyridyl complexes of ruthenium(II) by cerium(IV) in 0·5M-sulphuric acid, and that of the unsubstituted o-phenanthroline complex in 1M-nitric acid, at the same ionic strength, are reported. These results are shown to be consistent with the Marcus theory for outersphere electron-transfer reactions. The oxidation of the 3- and 5-sulphonic-substituted iron(II) tris-o-phenanthroline complexes has also been studied, and the results are interpreted to show that the mechanism is outer-sphere and that the ligand does not behave as an electron mediator.

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Article type: Paper
DOI: 10.1039/J19660001370
Citation: J. Chem. Soc. A, 1966,0, 1370-1372
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    The oxidation of some ruthenium(II) complexes by ceric ion

    J. D. Miller and R. H. Prince, J. Chem. Soc. A, 1966, 0, 1370
    DOI: 10.1039/J19660001370

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