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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 13.
Published in final edited form as: Dalton Trans. 2019 Feb 19;48(8):2785–2801. doi: 10.1039/c8dt04728f

Table 4.

Redox potentials (vs. SHE) with peak separations for cobalt acetate complexes

Co2+ complex Eox (V) unassigned E1/2 (V) Co2+/Co3+ (EaEc), mV E1/2 (V) Co2+/Co3+ (EaEc), mV

[Co1(OAc)]+ +1.226 +0.648 75 +0.392 167
[Co3(OAc)]+ +1.159 +0.564 100 +0.293 177
[Co5(OAc)]+ +1.415 +0.536 208 +0.246 220

Co3+ complex E1/2 (V) Red Co3+/Co2+ (EaEc), mV E1/2 (V) Red Co2+/Co+ (EaEc), mV

[Co2(OAc)]2+ +0.014 109 −0.640 178
[Co4(OAc)]2+ +0.040 185 −0.758 104
[Co6(OAc)]2+ −0.144 107