Research Article

Synthesis, Structure, and Hydrolytic Activation of Ruthenium (III)-Pyrazole Complex

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(a) Optimized structures of 1(III) and 3(III) and the structures of transition states along with selected bond lengths (Å). Model of optimized structures. (b) Hydrolysis free energy profiles of (a) 1(III), RuCl3(pyz)2(DMSO) with water. Black lines indicate the hydrolysis of DMSO followed Cl, and red lines indicate the hydrolysis of Cl and Cl, respectively (B)
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