Contrasting Effects of Redox Potentials on the Rate Constants of Oxidation and Hydrolysis Reactions in Ruthenium Complexes

VERGARA, MÓNICA M.; GARCÍA POSSE, MÓNICA E.; LIS DE KATZ, NOEMÍ D.; FAGALDE, FLORENCIA; KATZ, NÉSTOR E

JOURNAL OF COORDINATION CHEMISTRY

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2011 vol. 64 p. 2443 - 2449

0095-8972

We report in this work the rate constant of oxidation by peroxydisulfate of the ammine ruthenium center in [(bpy)2Ru(-5-CNphen)Ru(NH3)5]4+ (bpy = 2,2´-bipyridine and 5-CNphen = 5-cyano-1,10-phenanthroline) and the rate constant of hydrolysis of coordinated acetonitrile in [Ru(TPTZ)(bpy)(CH3CN)]2+ (TPTZ = 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridil)-1,3,5-triazine). With these data and literature values of related reactions, we establish the existence of contrasting effects of redox potentials of Ru3+/2+ couples on the rates of both processes.