Ammines, cobalt ruthenium

NH3, Ammines, cobalt complex. 29 170-172 ruthenium(III), 26 66,67 NI3C14H34, Ammonium, tetrabulyl-, (triiodide), 29 42... 

All three metals of this group give rise to ammino-derivatives the compositions of which, however, differ considerably. The ammino-derivatives of ruthenium mostly contain a nitroso-group as well as ammonia the ammino-derivatives of rhodium salts closely resemble the cobalt -ammines and the ammino-derivatives of palladium salts correspond to the ammino-derivatives of platinum salts. 

These hydroxo-salts are all sulphur-yellow crystalline substances. The acid residues are hydrolysable and hence outside the co-ordination complex, and the aqueous solutions, unlike the hydroxo-salts of chromium-and cobalt-ammines, are neutral to litmus, a fact which Werner suggests is due to the smaller tendency of the hydroxo-radicle attached to ruthenium to combine with hydrogen ions. This tendency is much less than in the case of the ammines of cobalt and chromium, but that it still exists is indicated by the increased solubility of these hydroxo-compounds in water acidified with mineral acids, and from such solutions aquo-nitroso-tetrammino-ruthenium salts are obtained thus ... 

The catalytic activity of co-ordination compounds in oxidations continues to be examined and, together with the Faraday Society Discussion, other aspects of this area of investigation have been the subject of recent reviews. Redox reactions involving bipyridyl and u-phenanthroline complexes of transition metals have been discussed and catalytic oxidations of complexes of manganese, cobalt, copper, and palladium have also been surveyed. Reviews are also available of ruthenium ammine chemistry, and redox reactions involving molybdenum complexes, together with an account of catalase and peroxidase reactivity of copper(ii) complexes. ... 

The reactions of cobalt(m) and ruthenium(m) ammine complexes with Yb , Eu, and Sm have been investigated using a pulse radiolysis technique. Whereas the reaction rates for Eu are similar to those of previous workers, the data for Yb + are in marked contrast to those described above. A previous... 

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