S. Ye et al., IN-SITU FT-IR SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE TRINUCLEAR COMPLEX [RU-3(MU(3)-O)(MU-CH3COO)(6)(CO)(PYRIDINE)(2)] IN ACETONITRILE, Inorganic chemistry, 34(18), 1995, pp. 4527-4528
The in-situ FT-IRRAS (Fourier transform infrared reflection absorption
spectroscopy) technique has been applied to measure the nu(CO) values
of the four oxidation states of the multistep redox system Ru-3(mu(3)
-O)(mu-CH3COO)(6)(CO)(pyridine)(2)](n+), in acetonitrile, of which onl
y the n = 0 state has been isolated as a stable solid. The nu(CO) valu
es for the n = -1, 0, +1, and +2 states are 1900, 1940, 2055, and 2110
cm(-1), respectively, indicating the approximate oxidation states of
the Ru ion with CO are II, II, III, and III, respectively.