M. I. Bruce, L. I. Denisovich, P. J. Low, S. M. Peregudova, N. A. Ustynyuk, “Five oxidation states in metal-bonded C<sub>4</sub> chains”, Mendeleev Commun., 1996, Volume 6, Issue 5,Pages <nobr>200

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Five oxidation states in metal-bonded C₄ chains

M. I. Bruce^a, L. I. Denisovich^b, P. J. Low^a, S. M. Peregudova^b, N. A. Ustynyuk^b

^a Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, South Australia
^b A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract: The 36-electron diruthenium buta-l,3-diynyl complexes [Ru]C ≡ C–C ≡ C[Ru] [Ru = Ru(PPh₃)₂Cp and Ru(PMe₃)(PPh₃)Cp] undergo four stepwise one-electron oxidation–reduction processes by cyclic voltammetry; some of the oxidised complexes have also been prepared by chemical oxidation.

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DOI: 10.1070/MC1996v006n05ABEH000645