Permethylated electron-reservoir sandwich complexes as references for the determination of redox potentials. Suggestion of a new redox scale;Les complexes sandwichs perméthylés réservoirs d'electrons en tant que références pour la détermination des potentiels redox. Suggestion d'une nouvelle échelle redox

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IIc: Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-27

  Ruiz, Jaime ^a   Astruc, Didier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Electrochemical scale; Electron reservoir sandwiches; Redox references

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031616540     PISSN: 13871609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1251-8069(97)86255-0     Document Type: Article

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