Dioxygen activation by mixed-valent dirhodium complexes of redox non-innocent azoaromatic ligands.
The isolation, structural chracterisation and electronic structure of a formally mixed-valent Rh(-I)-Rh(III) complex is described, along with its reaction with dioxygen leading to double arene hydroxylation of the coordinated ligands.
Paul
Nanda D
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Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata 700 032, India.
Krämer
Tobias
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McGrady
John E
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Goswami
Sreebrata
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