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Superoxide reactions with (isonicotinamide) pentaammineruthenium (II) and -(III)

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic50214a032· OSTI ID:6468343

The reactions of superoxide with (Ru(NH/sub 3/)/sub 5/isn)/sup 2 +/ and (Ru(NH/sub 3/)/sub 5/isn)/sup 3 +/ have been investigated in aqueous solution (..mu.. = 0.1 M (formate buffer) at 23 +- 2/sup 0/C with use of pulse radiolysis). The radical HO/sub 2/ oxidizes Ru(II) with a rate constant of 9.07 x 10/sup 6/ M/sup -1/s/sup -1/, and O/sub 2//sup -/ reduces Ru(III) with a rate constant of 2.18 x 10/sup 8/M/sup -1/s/sup -1/. These values are in good agreement with those deduced from a study of the reaction of O/sub 2/ with (Ru(NH/sub 3/)/sub 5/isn)/sup 2 +/, and this agreement confirms many of the conclusions about the reaction mechanism arrived at from the latter study. Outer-sphere reductions of HO/sub 2/ to HO/sub 2//sup -/ are shown to be anomalous from the perspective of the Marcus theory. Approximate values have also been obtained for the specific rates governing the reactions of Ru(III) with OH, H, e/sub aq//sup -/, CO/sub 2//sup -/, and HC(OH)/sub 2/ and of Ru(II) with OH.

OSTI ID:
6468343
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Journal Name: Inorg. Chem.; (United States) Vol. 19:12; ISSN INOCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English