title: A model for two-electron mixed valence in metal-metal bonded dirhodium compounds.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 6-335, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Thomas G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Nocera
mesh_terms: D004583:Electrons; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012238:Rhodium