Synthetic and electrochemical studies on alkynyl complexes of iron and ruthenium

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(87)85198-7

Cyclic voltammetric studies on a series of alkynyl complexes (M=Fe or Ru; R=Ph, Buⁿ or Bu^t; L=CO or P-donor ligand; R'=H or Me) reveal a one-electron oxidation at a glassy carbon electrode in dichloromethane.The chemical reversibility of the oxidation process is dependent upon all four variables (M, L, R and R') considered in this investigation.