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Title: What reduces Ru(III)? bipyridine or lithium chloride?
Post by: elevation88 on August 31, 2010, 04:51:29 AM

I am now synthesizing Ru(II)(Bipy)2Cl2 from refluxing Ru(III)Cl3 in DMF in the presence of LiCl and bipyridine. However, I cannot understand what happened in the reduction of Ru(III) to Ru(II). What is the reducing agent? Anybody help me   ??? ???

Title: Re: What reduces Ru(III)? bipyridine or lithium chloride?
Post by: ardbeg on August 31, 2010, 09:16:40 PM

what happens to the extra chloride anion?