Pentacyano ferrate complexes, redox

Redox Reactivity of Coordinated Ligands in Pentacyano(L)Ferrate Complexes Jose A. Olabe... 

REDOX REACTIVITY OF COORDINATED LIGANDS IN PENTACYANO(L)FERRATE COMPLEXES... 

When the above factors are put under control, the possibility of changing the ligand L in the pentacyano(L)ferrate complexes adds a further dimension for studying systematic reactivity changes, brought out by the controlled modification of the redox potentials of the Fe(II)-Fe(III) redox couples. In this way, the rates of electron transfer reactions between a series of [Fen(CN)5L]re complexes toward a common oxidant like [Coin(NH3)5(dmso)]3+ showed a variation in agreement with Marcus predictions for outer-sphere electron transfer processes, as demonstrated by linear plots of the rate constants versus the redox potentials (123). 

The chemistry of redox-active ligands L in the pentacyano(L) ferrate(II) and -(III) complexes is of fundamental concern for disclosing... 

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