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The Photochemical Reduction Of Octacyanomolybdate(V) Ion In Aqueous Solutions, Gordon W. Gray
The Photochemical Reduction Of Octacyanomolybdate(V) Ion In Aqueous Solutions, Gordon W. Gray
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The photochemical reactions occurring in aqueous solutions of octacyanomolybdate(V) ion, Mo(CN)83-, during irradiation with light of 365 and 436 nm wavelengths were studied. The quantum yields and reaction products were determined for neutral, unbuffered solutions as well as solutions buffered at pH 4.0, 7.0, and 9.0.
The results of these studies showed that the Mo(CN)83- ion is rapidly reduced by light to a Mo(IV) complex. In neutral or acidic media, the initial photoreduction product was found to be the red heptacyanoaquomolybdate(IV) ion, Mo(CN)7(H2O)3-. Photolysis in basic solution gave the …