An investigation of potassium µ-oxobis[pentachlororuthenium(IV)] in hydrochloric acid solution under microwave irradiation
Abstract
A study of the ruthenium(IV) and (III) species in HCl solution under microwave irradiation shows a decrease in hydrolysis time, depolymerisation and reduction of ruthenium(IV) to ruthenium(III) by an order of magnitude, as compared with conventional heating of solutions in a boiling water bath.