These are inner-sphere electron transfer pathways distinguished by where Cr(II) attacks the coordinated thiocyanate. Cr(II) is substitution-labile and can replace an aqua ligand to form a bridged Co(III)/Cr(II) precursor.
  • Remote attack at nitrogen: form . Electron transfer through the bridge gives Co(II)/Cr(III). Cleavage on the now labile Co(II) side leaves the N-bound product . This is the faster channel.
  • Adjacent attack at sulfur: Cr binds the same sulfur that is attached to cobalt, giving a shared-S bridge, . Electron transfer and Co-S cleavage leave , the channel.
In both cases the product Co(II) rapidly loses its ammines to give the hexaaqua ion, whereas substitution-inert Cr(III) retains the bridge-end information. The two chromium linkage isomers are therefore a record of two precursor geometries, rather than evidence that one outer-sphere electron-transfer event somehow selects two arbitrary new ligands afterwards.
Figure 1.
Remote and adjacent bridges retain different thiocyanate linkage information
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