Table 3. Relevant parameters in the fitting of the Ru L _2,3-edges XAS spectrum of compound 1 .

	Limits		Fit job #1		Fit job #2		Fit job #3
Coefficient parameter†	Lower	Upper	Average	Std dev	Average	Std dev	Average	Std dev
Branching ratio, B 1	1.3	2.5	1.73	0.01	1.73	0.02	1.73	0.05
W 2	128	130	128.7	0.1	128.7	0.1	128.7	0.1
L 3-edge
Inflection point, O 1	2837	2843	2841.7	0.8	2841.7	0.6	2841.7	0.7
Shape, G 1	0	100	33.0	20.4	34.7	21.0	30.8	17.4
Width, W 1	0.1	3	1.79	0.61	1.70	0.73	1.78	0.67
Peaks
Shape, G 2	0	100	18.4	8.8	19.4	7.5	18.1	5.8
Width, W 3	0.05	3	1.28	0.10	1.30	0.12	1.28	0.10
f p1
Relative position, O 6 ‡	2.5	0.5	1.3	0.4	1.3	0.5	1.3	0.4
Relative intensity, B 2 §	0	1	0.236	0.206	0.209	0.169	0.224	0.166
f p2
Position, O 4	2841	2843	2842.0	0.1	2842.0	0.1	2842.0	0.1
Normalized intensity, I 2	2	20	12.7	1.9	13.2	1.7	13.1	1.6
f p3
Relative position, O 7 ‡	0.5	3	1.6	0.5	1.6	0.5	1.6	0.4
Relative intensity, B 3 ‡	0	1	0.185	0.196	0.165	0.171	0.151	0.132

^†Parameter identifiers are as described in the corresponding evaluation function (Fig. S8 of supplementary information).

^‡Energy position relative to energy position of f _p2(O ₄).

^§Intensity relative and defined as a of of the normalized intensity of f _p2 (I ₂).