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Comment on “A Low‐Spin Ruthenium(IV)–Oxo Complex: Does the Spin State Have an Impact on the Reactivity”
Author(s) -
Schröder Detlef,
Shaik Sason
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201007636
Subject(s) - reactivity (psychology) , ruthenium , spin (aerodynamics) , spin states , state (computer science) , condensed matter physics , materials science , chemistry , physics , computer science , thermodynamics , medicine , catalysis , organic chemistry , pathology , algorithm , alternative medicine
Slippery spin states : When the metal center in a transition‐metal complex can adopt multiple spin states, the reactivity of the complex may be influenced. In such cases, care must be taken that experimental and computational evidence are interpreted correctly.