On the excited state disproportionation of [Ru(bipy)3]2+

G. FERRAUDI; GERARDO A. ARGUELLO

INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA

Año: 1988 vol. 144 p. 53 - 53

0020-1693

p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; mso-layout-grid-align: none">The disproportionation of (3CT)Ru(bipy)32+ in homogeneous solutions has been investigated by laser flash photolysis where excitations were carried out with high intensities (250 >Iab > 70 MW/cc) of  monochromatic light (lexcit = 440nm). Such a disproportionation reaction competes, at a nearly diffusion controlled rate, with the unimolecular (radiation and radia