A model for two-electron mixed valence in metal-metal bonded dirhodium compounds.
We propose that two-electron mixed valency in bimetallic complexes possessing three bridging ligands results from a second-order Jahn-Teller instability of the redox-symmetric state.
Gray
Thomas G
TG
Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 6-335, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Nocera
Daniel G
DG
D004583:Electrons; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
D012238:Rhodium