The ruthenium “blue dimer”[(bpy) 2Ru (OH2)] 2O4+ the first well-defined molecular
complex able to catalyze water oxidation at low overpotentials has been the subject of …

Resonance Raman (RR) and optical spectroelectrochemical titrations of the cis, cis-[(bpy)
2Ru (OH2)] 2O4+ ion (denoted [3, 3] to indicate the formal oxidation state of the Ru− O− Ru …

The cis, cis-[(bpy) 2RuIII (OH2)] 2O4+ μ-oxo dimeric coordination complex is an efficient
catalyst for water oxidation by strong oxidants that proceeds via intermediary formation of …

Ce (IV) oxidation of the ruthenium blue dimer leads to catalytic oxidation of water. Kinetic
and spectroscopic studies have revealed evidence for RuVORuV as the active catalyst …

Earlier 18O− H2O labeling studies had indicated that two concurrent pathways may exist for
water oxidation catalyzed by [Ru (bpy) 2 (OH2)] 2O4+, a μ-oxo bridged diruthenium complex …

18O-isotope-labeling studies have led to the conclusion that there exist two major pathways
for water oxidation catalyzed by dimeric ruthenium ions of the general type cis, cis-[L2RuIII …

Higher oxidation states of the μ-oxo bridged ruthenium “blue dimer”([Ru (bpy) 2 (OH2)]
2O4+) have been characterized by redox titration measurements, resonance Raman (RR) …

M acid, a second anisotropic EPR signal was detected at g= 1.87, which correlated with a vs
(Ru—O—Ru) band appearing at 398 cm-1. By analogy with the one-electron oxidation …

Modern chemistry's grand challenge is to significantly improve catalysts for water splitting.
Further progress requires detailed spectroscopic and computational characterization of …

Mechanistic proposals to account for the reactivity of water-oxidizing ruthenium diimine
complexes have often invoked participation of covalently hydrated or pseudobase …