M. Navarro, W. F. Giovani, J. R. Romero
Oct 28, 1998
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Journal of Molecular Catalysis A-chemical
Abstract
Abstract 1-pentanol, 1-4-butanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 4-methoxybenzyl alcohol and phthalic alcohol were oxidized electrocatalytically by polypyridyl complexes of ruthenium in aqueous media. [Ru II (tpy)(bpy)(OH 2 )] 2+ , [Ru II (bpy) 2 py(OH 2 )] 2+ (py=pyridine), [Ru II (tpy)(phen)(OH 2 )] 2+ (phen=1,10-phenanthroline), cis -[Ru II (bpy) 2 (OH 2 ) 2 ] 2+ , trans -[Ru II (bpy) 2 (OH 2 ) 2 ] 2+ and trans -[Ru VI (trpy)(O) 2 (OH 2 )] 2+ were the studied complexes. A relationship between redox potential ( E 1/2 ) of the complexes and reactivity was established.