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Uses

Used in Carbon Nanotubes Production:
POTASSIUM PERRUTHENATE is used as a chemical precursor for the production of carbon nanotubes, which are essential components in the development of flexible solid-state supercapacitors. These supercapacitors have potential applications in various electronic devices and energy storage systems due to their high energy density and fast charging capabilities.
Used in Chemical Synthesis:
POTASSIUM PERRUTHENATE is used as an oxidizing agent in the synthesis of 5-formylcytosine from 5-hydroxymethylcytosine. This conversion is significant in the study of DNA and RNA modifications, as 5-formylcytosine is an important epigenetic mark involved in various biological processes, including gene regulation and cellular differentiation.

InChI:InChI=1/K.4O.Ru/q+1;;;;-1;/rK.O4Ru/c;1-5(2,3)4/q+1;-1

Upstream product

• 14898-67-0 ruthenium trichloride hydrate 
• 20427-56-9 ruthenium tetroxide 
• 7646-93-7 potassium hydrogensulfate 
• 7440-18-8 ruthenium 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Structural and Magnetic Studies of ABO4-Type Ruthenium and Osmium Oxides

Oxides of the form ABO4 with A = K, Rb, Cs and B = Ru and Os have been synthesized and characterized by diffraction and magnetic techniques. For A = K the oxides adopted the tetragonal (I41/a) scheelite structure. RbOsO4, which crystallizes as a scheelite at room temperature, underwent a continuous phase transition to I41/amd near 550 K. RbRuO4 and CsOsO4 were found to crystallize in the orthorhombic (Pnma) pseudoscheelite structure, and both displayed discontinuous phase transitions to I41/a at high temperatures. CsOsO4 was determined to undergo a phase transition to a P21/c structure below 140 K. CsRuO4 crystallizes with a baryte-type structure at room temperature. Upon heating CsRuO4 a first order phase transition to the scheelite structure in I41/a is observed at 400 K. A continuous phase transition is observed to P212121 below 140 K. DC magnetic susceptibility data is consistent with long-range antiferromagnetic ordering at low temperatures for all compounds except for CsOsO4, which is paramagnetic to 2 K. The effective magnetic moments are in agreement with the spin only values for an S = 1/2 quantum magnet. Effective magnetic moments calculated for Os compounds were lower than their Ru counterparts, reflective of an enhanced spin orbit coupling effect. A magnetic structure is proposed for RbRuO4 consisting of predominately antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering along the 001 direction, with canting of spins in the 100 plane. A small ordered magnetic moment of 0.77 μB was determined.

Oxo Complexes of Ruthenium(VI) and (VII) as Organic Oxidants

Oxidation of a variety of saturated and unsaturated primary and secondary alcohols by tetraoxoruthenate(VI), 2-, tetraoxoruthenate(VII), -, barium trans-trioxodihydroxoruthenium(VI), trans-Ba, dioxotrichlororuthenate(VI), -, and dioxodichlorobipyridylruthenate(VI),, has been studied; 2- may be used catalytically in conjunction with 2- under basic aqueous conditions.For some of these systems, the oxidation of several aldehydes and amines were also examined.Both 2- and - oxidise primary alcohols to carboxylic acids and secondary alcohols to ketones; the reactivity of these reagents towards unsaturated alcohols was studied in particular.The new species and also cleanly oxidise a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones without attack of double bonds.Ba functions as a heterogeneous oxidant in dichloromethane, oxidising only the most reactive alcohols to aldehydes.