Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions
Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions; was published from 1990 - 1998. In 1999 it merged with a number of European chemical society physical Chemistry journals to become Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Paper
J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1998, 94, 2827 - 2833, DOI: 10.1039/a803758b
Chloride oxidation catalysis by a polymeric oxide derived from [Ru(4,4
-dimethyl-2,2-bipyridine)(Cl)3(H2O)]Suzanne Ferrere and Brian A. Gregg
Hydrolyses of the species [Ru(4,4
-dimethyl-2,2-bipyridine)(Cl)3(H2O)] and [Ru(2,2,2
-terpyridine)(Cl)3] yield polymeric, water-soluble oxides that function as chloride oxidation catalysts. 
[RuDMBO2]x
, the polymer formed from [Ru(4,4-dimethyl-2,2-bipyridine)(Cl)3(H2O)], is described. It is characterized by UV–VIS–NIR spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA) and electrochemical analyses. It exhibits significantly higher turnover numbers for electrocatalysis (>11000) and chemical catalysis (ca. 1000) than those previously reported for molecular µ-oxo dimers of ruthenium. The oxidation of chloride in aqueous solutions also yields some oxygen in the presence of [RuDMBO2]x. The polymer's high catalytic activity and unique structure may facilitate its incorporation into molecular photoconversion systems.
