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The only compound of quadrivalent rhodium described in the literature is the green, hydrated oxide obtained in the impure form by passing chlorine into a solution of sodium hexachlor-rhodate(III), (Na3RhCl6), containing excess sodium hydroxide1. Grube and Gu2 obtained greenish-violet coloured solutions by oxidizing anodically rhodium salts in sulphuric, nitric and perchloric acids. Although no solid products were isolated, the authors deduced from potentio-metric titrations that these solutions contained some quadrivalent and hexavalent rhodium. The redox potential of the trivalent-quadrivalent couple was estimated at + 1·40 volts.
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DWYER, F., NYHOLM, R. Isolation of a Quadrivalent Rhodium Complex. Nature 160, 502–503 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160502c0
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