Spontaneous oxidation of water to oxygen by the mixed-valence µ-oxo ruthenium dimer L2(H2O)RuIII–O–RuIV(OH)L2(L = 2,2′-bipyridyl-5,5′-dicarboxylic acid)
Abstract
The mixed-valence µ-oxo ruthenium dimer L2(H2O)RuIII–O–RuIV(OH)L2, where L = 2,2′-bipyridyl-5,5′-dicarboxylic acid, converts spontaneously into L2(H2O)RuIII–O–RuIII(H2O)L2 under simultaneous oxidation of water to oxygen under conditions where the driving force of the reaction is less than 0.1 eV per transferred electron.
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