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Khedri N, Mahjoub AR, Cheshme Khavar AH, Rizo R, Feliu JM. Selectivity-Enhanced Electroreduction of CO 2 to CO at Novel Ru-Linked-GO Nanohybrids: the Role of Nanoarchitecture. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:7571-7588. [PMID: 38635980 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Recently, global-scale efforts have been conducted for the electroreduction of CO2 as a potentially beneficial pathway for the conversion of greenhouse gases to useful chemicals and renewable fuels. This study focuses on the development of selective and sustainable electrocatalysts for the reduction of aqueous CO2 to CO. A RuIIcomplex [Ru(tptz)(ACN)Cl2] (RCMP) (tptz = 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine, ACN = acetonitrile) was prepared as a molecular electrocatalyst for the CO2 reduction reaction in an aqueous solution. Density functional theory-calculated frontier molecular orbitals suggested that the tptz ligand plays a key role in dictating the electrocatalytic reactions. The RCMP electrocatalyst was grafted onto the graphene oxide (GO) surface both noncovalently (GO/RCMP) and covalently (GO-RCMP). The field emission scanning electron microscopy and elemental distribution analyses revealed the homogeneous distribution of the complex onto the GO sheet. The photoluminescence spectra confirmed accelerated charge-transfer in both nanohybrids. Compared to the bare complex, the GO-RCMP and GO/RCMP nanohybrids showed enhanced electrocatalytic activity, achieving >95% and 90% Faradaic efficiencies for CO production at more positive onset potentials, respectively. The GO-RCMP nanohybrid demonstrated outstanding electrocatalytic activity with a current of ∼84 μA. The study offers a perspective on outer- and inner-sphere electron-transfer mechanisms for electrochemical energy conversion systems.
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- Neda Khedri
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14117-13116, Iran
- Instituto de Electroquímica y Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran 14117-13116, Iran
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- Instituto de Electroquímica y Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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- Instituto de Electroquímica y Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Alicante, 03080 Alicante, Spain
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Bairagi A, Pereverzev AY, Tinnemans P, Pidko EA, Roithová J. Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction: Monitoring of Catalytically Active, Downgraded, and Upgraded Cobalt Complexes. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:5480-5492. [PMID: 38353430 PMCID: PMC10910500 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c13290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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The premise of most studies on the homogeneous electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a good understanding of the reaction mechanisms. Yet, analyzing the reaction intermediates formed at the working electrode is challenging and not always attainable. Here, we present a new, general approach to studying the reaction intermediates applied for CO2RR catalyzed by a series of cobalt complexes. The cobalt complexes were based on the TPA-ligands (TPA = tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine) modified by amino groups in the secondary coordination sphere. By combining the electrochemical experiments, electrochemistry-coupled electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, with density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we identify and spectroscopically characterize the key reaction intermediates in the CO2RR and the competing hydrogen-evolution reaction (HER). Additionally, the experiments revealed the rarely reported in situ changes in the secondary coordination sphere of the cobalt complexes by the CO2-initiated transformation of the amino substituents to carbamates. This launched an even faster alternative HER pathway. The interplay of three catalytic cycles, as derived from the experiments and supported by the DFT calculations, explains the trends that cobalt complexes exhibit during the CO2RR and HER. Additionally, this study demonstrates the need for a molecular perspective in the electrocatalytic activation of small molecules efficiently obtained by the EC-ESI-MS technique.
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- Abhinav Bairagi
- Institute
for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen 6525 AJ, The Netherlands
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- Institute
for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen 6525 AJ, The Netherlands
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- Institute
for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen 6525 AJ, The Netherlands
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- Inorganic
Systems Engineering Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty
of Applied Sciences, Delft University of
Technology, Delft 2629 HZ, The Netherlands
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- Institute
for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Heyendaalseweg 135, Nijmegen 6525 AJ, The Netherlands
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Droghetti F, Amati A, Pascale F, Crochet A, Pastore M, Ruggi A, Natali M. Catalytic CO 2 Reduction with Heptacoordinated Polypyridine Complexes: Switching the Selectivity via Metal Replacement. CHEMSUSCHEM 2024; 17:e202300737. [PMID: 37846888 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202300737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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The discovery of molecular catalysts for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) in the presence of water, which are both effective and selective towards the generation of carbon-based products, is a critical task. Herein we report the catalytic activity towards the CO2 RR in acetonitrile/water mixtures by a cobalt complex and its iron analog both featuring the same redox-active ligand and an unusual seven-coordination environment. Bulk electrolysis experiments show that the cobalt complex mainly yields formate (52 % selectivity at an applied potential of -2.0 V vs Fc+ /Fc and 1 % H2 O) or H2 (up to 86 % selectivity at higher applied bias and water content), while the iron complex always delivers CO as the major product (selectivity >74 %). The different catalytic behavior is further confirmed under photochemical conditions with the [Ru(bpy)3 ]2+ sensitizer (bpy=2,2'-bipyridine) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine as electron donor, where the cobalt complex leads to preferential H2 formation (up to 89 % selectivity), while the iron analog quantitatively generates CO (up to 88 % selectivity). This is ascribed to a preference towards a metal-hydride vs. a metal-carboxyl pathway for the cobalt and the iron complex, respectively, and highlights how metal replacement may effectively impact on the reactivity of transition metal complexes towards solar fuel formation.
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- Federico Droghetti
- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoretiques, University of Lorraine & CNRS, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie Théoretiques, University of Lorraine & CNRS, 54000, Nancy, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin du Musée 9, 1700, Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121, Ferrara, Italy
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Cobb SJ, Rodríguez-Jiménez S, Reisner E. Connecting Biological and Synthetic Approaches for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202310547. [PMID: 37983571 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202310547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction has developed into a broad field, spanning fundamental studies of enzymatic 'model' catalysts to synthetic molecular catalysts and heterogeneous gas diffusion electrodes producing commercially relevant quantities of product. This diversification has resulted in apparent differences and a disconnect between seemingly related approaches when using different types of catalysts. Enzymes possess discrete and well understood active sites that can perform reactions with high selectivity and activities at their thermodynamic limit. Synthetic small molecule catalysts can be designed with desired active site composition but do not yet display enzyme-like performance. These properties of the biological and small molecule catalysts contrast with heterogeneous materials, which can contain multiple, often poorly understood active sites with distinct reactivity and therefore introducing significant complexity in understanding their activities. As these systems are being better understood and the continuously improving performance of their heterogeneous active sites closes the gap with enzymatic activity, this performance difference between heterogeneous and enzymatic systems begins to close. This convergence removes the barriers between using different types of catalysts and future challenges can be addressed without multiple efforts as a unified picture for the biological-synthetic catalyst spectrum emerges.
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- Samuel J Cobb
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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Droghetti F, Amati A, Ruggi A, Natali M. Bioinspired motifs in proton and CO 2 reduction with 3d-metal polypyridine complexes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2024; 60:658-673. [PMID: 38117176 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc05156k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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The synthesis of active and efficient catalysts for solar fuel generation is nowadays of high relevance for the scientific community, but at the same time poses great challenges. Critical requirements are mainly associated with the kinetic barriers due to the multi-proton and multi-electron nature of the hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) and the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) as well as to selectivity issues. In this regard, natural enzymes can be a source of inspiration for the design of effective and selective catalysts to target such fundamental reactions. In this Feature Article we review some recent works on molecular catalysts for both the HER and the CO2RR performed in our labs and other research teams which mainly address (i) the role of redox non-innocent ligands, to lower the overpotential for catalysis and control the selectivity, and (ii) the role of internal relays, to assist formation of catalytic intermediates via intramolecular routes. The selected exemplars have been chosen to emphasize that, although the molecular structures and the synthetic motifs are different from those of the active sites of natural enzymes, many affinities in terms of catalytic mechanism and functionality are instead present, which account for the observed remarkable performances under operative conditions. The data discussed herein thus demonstrate the great potential and the privileged role of molecular catalysts towards the design and construction of hybrid photochemical systems for solar energy conversion into fuels.
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- Federico Droghetti
- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences (DOCPAS), University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences (DOCPAS), University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Chemin de Musée 9, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland.
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- Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences (DOCPAS), University of Ferrara, Via L. Borsari 46, 44121 Ferrara, Italy.
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Mu G, Gaynor RB, McIntyre BN, Donnadieu B, Creutz SE. Synthesis and Characterization of Bipyridyl-(Imidazole) n Mn(II) Compounds and Their Evaluation as Potential Precatalysts for Water Oxidation. Molecules 2023; 28:7221. [PMID: 37894706 PMCID: PMC10608871 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28207221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 10/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Metalloenzymes make extensive use of manganese centers for oxidative catalysis, including water oxidation; the need to develop improved synthetic catalysts for these processes has long motivated the development of bioinspired manganese complexes. Herein, we report a series of bpy-(imidazole)n (n = 1 or 2) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridyl) ligands and their Mn2+ complexes. Four Mn2+ complexes are structurally characterized using single-crystal X-ray diffraction, revealing different tridentate and tetradentate ligand coordination modes. Cyclic voltammetry of the complexes is consistent with ligand-centered reductions and metal-centered oxidations, and UV-vis spectroscopy complemented by TD-DFT calculations shows primarily ligand-centered transitions with minor contributions from charge-transfer type transitions at higher energies. In solution, ESI-MS studies provide evidence for ligand reorganization, suggesting complex speciation behavior. The oxidation of the complexes in the presence of water is probed using cyclic voltammetry, but the low stability of the complexes in aqueous solution leads to decomposition and precludes their ultimate application as aqueous electrocatalysts. Possible reasons for the low stability and suggestions for improvement are discussed.
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- Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Starkville, MS 39762, USA; (G.M.); (R.B.G.); (B.N.M.); (B.D.)
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Bhardwaj S, Das SK, Biswas A, Kapse S, Thapa R, Dey RS. Engineering hydrophobic-aerophilic interfaces to boost N 2 diffusion and reduction through functionalization of fluorine in second coordination spheres. Chem Sci 2023; 14:8936-8945. [PMID: 37621433 PMCID: PMC10445478 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03002d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Ammonia is a crucial biochemical raw material for nitrogen containing fertilizers and a hydrogen energy carrier obtained from renewable energy sources. Electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis is a renewable and less-energy intensive way as compared to the conventional Haber-Bosch process. The electrochemical nitrogen reduction reaction (eNRR) is sluggish, primarily due to the deceleration by slow N2 diffusion, giving rise to competitive hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Herein, we have engineered a catalyst to have hydrophobic and aerophilic nature via fluorinated copper phthalocyanine (F-CuPc) grafted with graphene to form a hybrid electrocatalyst, F-CuPc-G. The chemically functionalized fluorine moieties are present in the second coordination sphere, where it forms a three-phase interface. The hydrophobic layer of the catalyst fosters the diffusion of N2 molecules and the aerophilic characteristic helps N2 adsorption, which can effectively suppress the HER. The active metal center is present in the primary sphere available for the NRR with a viable amount of H+ to achieve a substantially high faradaic efficiency (FE) of 49.3% at -0.3 V vs. RHE. DFT calculations were performed to find out the rate determining step and to explore the full energy pathway. A DFT study indicates that the NRR process follows an alternating pathway, which was further supported by an in situ FTIR study by isolating the intermediates. This work provides insights into designing a catalyst with hydrophobic moieties in the second coordination sphere together with the aerophilic nature of the catalyst that helps to improve the overall FE of the NRR by eliminating the HER.
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- Sakshi Bhardwaj
- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) Sector-81 Mohali 140306 Punjab India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) Sector-81 Mohali 140306 Punjab India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) Sector-81 Mohali 140306 Punjab India
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- Department of Physics, SRM University Andhra Pradesh 522240 India
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- Department of Physics, SRM University Andhra Pradesh 522240 India
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- Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST) Sector-81 Mohali 140306 Punjab India
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Teindl K, Patrick BO, Nichols EM. Linear Free Energy Relationships and Transition State Analysis of CO 2 Reduction Catalysts Bearing Second Coordination Spheres with Tunable Acidity. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17176-17186. [PMID: 37499125 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c03919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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In molecular catalysts, protic functional groups in the secondary coordination sphere (SCS) work in conjunction with an exogenous acid to relay protons to the active site of electrochemical CO2 reduction; however, it is not well understood how the acidity of the SCS and exogenous acid together determine the kinetics of catalytic turnover. To evaluate the relative contributions of proton transfer driving forces, we synthesized a series of modular iron tetraphenylporphyrin electrocatalysts bearing SCS amides of tunable pKa (17.6 to 20.0 in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)) and employed phenols of variable acidity (15.3 to 19.1) as exogenous acids. This system allowed us to (1) evaluate contributions from proton transfer driving forces associated with either the SCS or exogenous acid and (2) obtain mechanistic insights into CO2 reduction as a function of pKa. A series of linear free-energy relationships show that kinetics become increasingly sensitive to variations in SCS pKa when more acidic exogenous acids are used (0.82 ≥ Brønsted α ≥ 0.13), as well as to variations in exogenous acid pKa when SCS acidity is increased (0.62 ≥ Brønsted α ≥ 0.32). An Eyring analysis suggests that the rate-determining transition state becomes more ordered with decreasing SCS acidity, which is consistent with the proposal that SCS acidity modulates charge accumulation and solvation at the rate-limiting transition state. Together, these insights enable the optimization of activation barriers as a function of both SCS and exogenous acid pKa and can further guide the rational design of electrocatalytic systems wherein contributions from all participants in a proton relay are considered.
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- Kaeden Teindl
- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Song S, Lee W, Lee Y, Cho KB, Lee J, Seo J. Two-Electron-Induced Reorganization of Cobalt Coordination and Metal-Ligand Cooperative Redox Shifting Co(I) Reactivity toward CO 2 Reduction. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:2326-2333. [PMID: 36691700 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c04071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Electrochemical reorganization of complex structures is directly related to catalytic reactivity; thus, the geometric changes of catalysts induced by electron transfer should be considered to scrutinize the reaction mechanism. Herein, we studied electron-induced reorganization patterns of six-coordinate Co complexes with neutral N-donor ligands. Upon two-electron transfer into a Co center enclosed within a bulky π-acceptor ligand, the catalytic site exhibited different reorganization patterns depending on the ligand characteristics. While a bipyridyl ligand released Co-bound solvent (CH3CN) to open a reaction site, a phenanthroline ligand caused Co-Narm (side "arm" of NNN-ligand) bond dissociation. The first electron transfer occurred in the Co(II/I) reduction step and the second electron entered the bulky π-acceptor, of which redox steps were assigned from cyclic voltammograms, magnetic moment measurements, and DFT calculations. In comparison, the Co complex of [NNNNCH3-Co(CH3CN)3](PF6)2 ([1-(CH3CN)3](PF6)2) showed a high H2 evolution reactivity (HER), whereas a series of Co complexes with bulky π-acceptors such as [NNNNCH3-Co(L)(CH3CN)](PF6)2 (L = phen ([2-CH3CN](PF6)2), bpy ([3-CH3CN](PF6)2), [NNNNCH3-Co(tpy)](PF6)2 ([4](PF6)2), and [NNNCH2-Co(phen)(CH3CN)](PF6)2 ([5-CH3CN](PF6)2)) suppressed the HER but rather enhanced the CO2 reduction reaction. The metal-ligand cooperative redox steps enabled the shift of Co(I) reactivity toward CO2 reduction. Additionally, the amine pendant attached to the NNNNCH3-ligand could stabilize the CO2 reduction intermediate through the hydrogen-bonding interaction with the Co-CO2H adduct.
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- Seungjin Song
- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea.,Research Center for Innovative Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for Chemicals(Inn-ECOSysChem), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea.,Research Center for Innovative Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for Chemicals(Inn-ECOSysChem), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju54896, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Chonnam National University; Gwangju61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea.,Research Center for Innovative Energy and Carbon Optimized Synthesis for Chemicals(Inn-ECOSysChem), Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology; Gwangju61005, Republic of Korea
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An L, De La Torre P, Smith PT, Narouz MR, Chang CJ. Synergistic Porosity and Charge Effects in a Supramolecular Porphyrin Cage Promote Efficient Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202209396. [PMID: 36538739 PMCID: PMC9868116 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202209396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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We present a supramolecular approach to catalyzing photochemical CO2 reduction through second-sphere porosity and charge effects. An iron porphyrin box (PB) bearing 24 cationic groups, FePB-2(P), was made via post-synthetic modification of an alkyne-functionalized supramolecular synthon. FePB-2(P) promotes the photochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2 RR) with 97 % selectivity for CO product, achieving turnover numbers (TON) exceeding 7000 and initial turnover frequencies (TOFmax ) reaching 1400 min-1 . The cooperativity between porosity and charge results in a 41-fold increase in activity relative to the parent Fe tetraphenylporphyrin (FeTPP) catalyst, which is far greater than analogs that augment catalysis through porosity (FePB-3(N), 4-fold increase) or charge (Fe p-tetramethylanilinium porphyrin (Fe-p-TMA), 6-fold increase) alone. This work establishes that synergistic pendants in the secondary coordination sphere can be leveraged as a design element to augment catalysis at primary active sites within confined spaces.
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- Lun An
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-1460, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Xia W, Wang F. Molecular catalysts design: Intramolecular supporting site assisting to metal center for efficient CO2 photo- and electroreduction. MOLECULAR CATALYSIS 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mcat.2022.112884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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An L, De La Torre P, Smith PT, Narouz MR, Chang CJ. Synergistic Porosity and Charge Effects in a Supramolecular Porphyrin Cage Promote Efficient Photocatalytic CO
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Reduction**. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202209396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lun An
- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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- Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Chemical Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology University of California, Berkeley 94720-1460 Berkeley, CA USA
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Meng SL, Ye C, Li XB, Tung CH, Wu LZ. Photochemistry Journey to Multielectron and Multiproton Chemical Transformation. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:16219-16231. [PMID: 36054091 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c02341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The odyssey of photochemistry is accompanied by the journey to manipulate "electrons" and "protons" in time, in space, and in energy. Over the past decades, single-electron (1e-) photochemical transformations have brought marvelous achievements. However, as each photon absorption typically generates only one exciton pair, it is exponentially challenging to accomplish multielectron and proton photochemical transformations. The multistep differences in thermodynamics and kinetics urgently require us to optimize light harvesting, expedite consecutive electron transfer, manipulate the interaction of catalysts with substrates, and coordinate proton transfer kinetics to furnish selective bond formations. Tandem catalysis enables orchestrating different photochemical events and catalytic transformations from subpicoseconds to seconds, which facilitates multielectron redox chemistries and brings consecutive, value-added reactivities. Joint efforts in molecular and material design, mechanistic understanding, and theoretical modeling will bring multielectron and proton synthetic opportunities for fuels, fertilizers, and chemicals with enhanced versatility, efficiency, selectivity, and scalability, thus taking better advantage of photons (i.e., sunlight) for our sustainable society.
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- Shu-Lin Meng
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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Lei K, Yu Xia B. Electrocatalytic CO
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Reduction: from Discrete Molecular Catalysts to Their Integrated Catalytic Materials. Chemistry 2022; 28:e202200141. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.202200141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Kai Lei
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education) Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage (Ministry of Education) Hubei Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry and Service Failure School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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Tao Z, Pearce AJ, Mayer JM, Wang H. Bridge Sites of Au Surfaces Are Active for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:8641-8648. [PMID: 35507510 PMCID: PMC9158392 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c01098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Prior in situ attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) studies of electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by Au, one of the most selective and active electrocatalysts to produce CO from CO2, suggest that the reaction proceeds solely on the top sites of the Au surface. This finding is worth updating with an improved spectroelectrochemical system where in situ IR measurements can be performed under real reaction conditions that yield high CO selectivity. Herein, we report the preparation of an Au-coated Si ATR crystal electrode with both high catalytic activity for CO2 reduction and strong surface enhancement of IR signals validated in the same spectroelectrochemical cell, which allows us to probe the adsorption and desorption behavior of bridge-bonded *CO species (*COB). We find that the Au surface restructures irreversibly to give an increased number of bridge sites for CO adsorption within the initial tens of seconds of CO2 reduction. By studying the potential-dependent desorption kinetics of *COB and quantifying the steady-state surface concentration of *COB under reaction conditions, we further show that *COB are active reaction intermediates for CO2 reduction to CO on this Au electrode. At medium overpotential, as high as 38% of the reaction occurs on the bridge sites.
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- Zixu Tao
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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Akhter SS, Padhi SK. Electro‐catalytic CO2 Reduction to Syngas and HCOOH by Homogeneous Fc‐NAP2. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Sk Samim Akhter
- Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines): Indian Institute of Technology Chemistry and Chemical Biology INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Science BlockDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 826004 Dhanbad INDIA
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Loipersberger M, Derrick JS, Chang CJ, Head-Gordon M. Deciphering Distinct Overpotential-Dependent Pathways for Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Catalyzed by an Iron-Terpyridine Complex. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:6919-6933. [PMID: 35452213 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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[Fe(tpyPY2Me)]2+ ([Fe]2+) is a homogeneous electrocatalyst for converting CO2 into CO featuring low overpotentials of <100 mV, near-unity selectivity, and high activity with turnover frequencies faster than 100 000 s-1. To identify the origins of its exceptional performance and inform future catalyst design, we report a combined computational and experimental study that establishes two distinct mechanistic pathways for electrochemical CO2 reduction catalyzed by [Fe]2+ as a function of applied overpotential. Electrochemical data shows the formation of two catalytic regimes at low (ηTOF/2 of 160 mV) and high (ηTOF/2 of 590 mV) overpotential plateaus. We propose that at low overpotentials [Fe]2+ undergoes a two-electron reduction, two-proton-transfer mechanism (electrochemical-electrochemical-chemical-chemical, EECC), where turnover occurs through the dicationic iron complex, [Fe]2+. Computational analysis supports the importance of the singlet ground-state electronic structure for CO2 binding and that the rate-limiting step is the second protonation in this low-overpotential regime. When more negative potentials are applied, an additional electron-transfer event occurs through either a stepwise or proton-coupled electron-transfer (PCET) pathway, enabling catalytic turnover from the monocationic iron complex ([Fe]+) via an electrochemical-chemical-electrochemical-chemical (ECEC) mechanism. Comparison of experimental kinetic data obtained from variable controlled potential electrolysis (CPE) experiments with direct product detection with calculated rates obtained from the energetic span model supports the PCET pathway as the most likely mechanism. Moreover, we build upon this mechanistic understanding to propose the design of an improved ligand framework that is predicted to stabilize the key transition states identified in our study and explore their electronic structures using an energy decomposition analysis. Taken together, this work highlights the value of synergistic computational/experimental approaches to decipher mechanisms of new electrocatalysts and direct the rational design of improved platforms.
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- Matthias Loipersberger
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Huang Y, He H, Liu J, Thummel RP, Tong L. Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction by Molecular Ruthenium Complexes with Polypyridyl Ligands. Chem Asian J 2022; 17:e202200217. [PMID: 35384330 DOI: 10.1002/asia.202200217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Two series of ruthenium complexes with various polypyridyl ligands have been prepared. One series of complexes (5 examples) are featured with tetradentate polypyridyl ligands and two acetonitrile molecules at the axial positions of the coordination sphere; the other series (3 examples) include combinations of a tridentate polypyridyl ligand, one 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) or two picolines, and one acetonitrile ligand. All these complexes were fully characterized by their NMR spectra as well as X-ray single crystal structures. Their electronic absorption and redox data were measured and reported. Of the 8 complexes, three candidates effectively catalyze electrochemical CO 2 reduction reaction (CO 2 RR) in wet acetonitrile medium, generating CO as the major product. All these three catalytically active complexes contain a 2,2':6',2″:6″,2‴-quaterpyridine (qpy) ligand scaffold. A maximum turnover frequency (TOF max ) of > 1000 s -1 was achieved for the electrocatalytic CO 2 reduction at a modest overpotential. On the basis of electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical evidences, the CO 2 substrate was proposed to bind with the ruthenium center at the two-electron reduced state of the complex and then enter the catalytic cycle.
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- Yan Huang
- Guangzhou University, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Guangzhou University, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Guangzhou University, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, CHINA
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- Guangzhou University, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, No230 Wai Huan Xi Street, 510006, Guangzhou, CHINA
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Patra K, Laskar RA, Nath A, Bera JK. A Protic Mn(I) Complex Based on a Naphthyridine- N-oxide Scaffold: Protonation/Deprotonation Studies and Catalytic Applications for Alkylation of Ketones. Organometallics 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.2c00085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Kamaless Patra
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
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Mitra S, Talukdar K, Prasad P, Misra SK, Khan S, Sharp JS, Jurss JW, Chakraborty S. Rational Design of a Cu Chelator That Mitigates Cu-Induced ROS Production by Amyloid Beta. Chembiochem 2022; 23:e202100485. [PMID: 34878720 PMCID: PMC9040527 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease severely perturbs transition metal homeostasis in the brain leading to the accumulation of excess metals in extracellular and intraneuronal locations. The amyloid beta protein binds these transition metals, ultimately causing severe oxidative stress in the brain. Metal chelation therapy is an approach to sequester metals from amyloid beta and relieve the oxidative stress. Here we have designed a mixed N/O donor Cu chelator inspired by the proposed ligand set of Cu in amyloid beta. We demonstrate that the chelator effectively removes Cu from amyloid beta and suppresses reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by redox silencing and radical scavenging both in vitro and in cellulo. The impact of ROS on the extent of oxidation of the different aggregated forms of the peptide is studied by mass spectrometry, which, along with other ROS assays, shows that the oligomers are pro-oxidants in nature. The aliphatic Leu34, which was previously unobserved, has been identified as a new oxidation site.
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- Suchitra Mitra
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- National Center for Natural Products Research, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677, USA
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Electrocatalysis is an indispensable technique for small-molecule transformations, which are essential for the sustainability of society. Electrocatalysis utilizes electricity as an energy source for chemical reactions. Hydrogen is considered the “fuel for the future,” and designing electrocatalysts for hydrogen production has thus become critical. Furthermore, fuel cells are promising energy solutions that require robust electrocatalysts for key fuel cell reactions such as the interconversion of oxygen to water. Concerns regarding the rising concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide have prompted the search for CO2 conversion methods. One promising approach is the electrochemical conversion of CO2 into commodity chemicals and/or liquid fuels, but such chemistry is highly energy demanding because of the thermodynamic stability of CO2. All of the above-mentioned electrocatalytic processes rely on the selective input of multiple protons (H+) and electrons (e–) to yield the desired products. Biological enzymes evolved in nature to perform such redox catalysis and have inspired the design of catalysts at the molecular and atomic levels. While it is synthetically challenging to mimic the exact biological environment, incorporating functional outer coordination spheres into molecular catalysts has shown promise for advancing multi-H+ and multi-e– electrocatalysis. From this Perspective, herein, catalysts with outer coordination sphere(s) are selected as the inspiration for developing new catalysts, particularly for the reductive conversion of H+, O2, and CO2, which are highly relevant to sustainability. The recent progress in electrocatalysis and opportunities to explore beyond the second coordination sphere are also emphasized.
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- Soumalya Sinha
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH 45221, USA
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Nie W, McCrory C. Strategies for Breaking Molecular Scaling Relationships for the Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Reaction. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:6993-7010. [DOI: 10.1039/d2dt00333c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is a promising strategy for converting CO2 to fuels and value-added chemicals using renewable energy sources. Molecular electrocatalysts show promise for the selective conversion...
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Tarrago M, Ye S, Neese F. Electronic structure analysis of electrochemical CO2 reduction by iron-porphyrins reveals basic requirements to design catalysts bearing non-innocent ligands. Chem Sci 2022; 13:10029-10047. [PMID: 36128248 PMCID: PMC9430493 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01863b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Electrocatalytic CO2 reduction is a possible solution to the increasing CO2 concentration in the earth atmosphere, because it enables storage of energy while using the harmful CO2 feedstock as starting...
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- Maxime Tarrago
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Dalian 116023 China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1 D-45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany
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Korona K, Kornowicz A, Justyniak I, Terlecki M, Błachowski A, Lewiński J. Non-redox reactivity of V( ii) and Fe( ii) formamidinates towards CO 2 resulting in the formation of novel M( ii) carbamates. Dalton Trans 2022; 51:16557-16564. [DOI: 10.1039/d2dt02274e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Multiple CO2 insertions into the M–N bonds of V(ii) and Fe(ii) bis(formamidinates) led to the isolation of three novel carbamates. The CO2 insertion effectivity depended on the solvent used and the metal centre's coordination sphere geometry.
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- Krzesimir Korona
- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warszawa, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warszawa, Poland
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- AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warszawa, Poland
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01-224 Warszawa, Poland
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Yi J, Wu X, Wu H, Guo J, Wu K, Zhang L. Facile synthesis of novel NH 2-MIL-53(Fe)/AgSCN heterojunction composites as a highly efficient photocatalyst for ciprofloxacin degradation and H 2 production under visible-light irradiation. REACT CHEM ENG 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1re00349f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A novel NH2-MIL-53(Fe)/AgSCN composite photocatalyst was successfully prepared by a one-step chemical precipitation method, the composite show high photocatalytic activity for antibiotics degradation and H2 evolution under visible light irradiation.
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- Jungang Yi
- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, People's Republic of China
- The College of Post and Telecommunication of Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430073, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Novel Reactor and Green Chemical Technology, School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Wuhan 430205, People's Republic of China
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, PR China
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Wang XZ, Meng SL, Chen JY, Wang HX, Wang Y, Zhou S, Li XB, Liao RZ, Tung CH, Wu LZ. Mechanistic Insights Into Iron(II) Bis(pyridyl)amine-Bipyridine Skeleton for Selective CO 2 Photoreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:26072-26079. [PMID: 34545677 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202107386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A bis(pyridyl)amine-bipyridine-iron(II) framework (Fe(BPAbipy)) of complexes 1-3 is reported to shed light on the multistep nature of CO2 reduction. Herein, photocatalytic conversion of CO2 to CO even at low CO2 concentration (1 %), together with detailed mechanistic study and DFT calculations, reveal that 1 first undergoes two sequential one-electron transfer affording an intermediate with electron density on both Fe and ligand for CO2 binding over proton. The following 2 H+ -assisted Fe-CO formation is rate-determining for selective CO2 -to-CO reduction. A pendant, proton-shuttling α-OH group (2) initiates PCET for predominant H2 evolution, while an α-OMe group (3) cancels the selectivity control for either CO or H2 . The near-unity selectivity of 1 and 2 enables self-sorting syngas production at flexible CO/H2 ratios. The unprecedented results from one kind of molecular catalyst skeleton encourage insight into the beauty of advanced multi-electron and multi-proton transfer processes for robust CO2 RR by photocatalysis.
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- Xu-Zhe Wang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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Liu JJ, Chapovetsky A, Haiges R, Marinescu SC. Effects of Protonation State on Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction by a Cobalt Aminopyridine Macrocyclic Complex. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:17517-17528. [PMID: 34761920 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A critical component in the reduction of CO2 to CO and H2O is the delivery of 2 equiv of protons and electrons to the CO2 molecule. The timing and sequencing of these proton and electron transfer steps are essential factors in directing the activity and selectivity for catalytic CO2 reduction. In previous studies, we have reported a series of macrocyclic aminopyridine cobalt complexes capable of reducing CO2 to CO with high faradaic efficiencies. Kinetic investigations reveal a relationship between the observed rate constant (kobs) and the number of pendant amine hydrogen bond donors minus one, suggesting the presence of a deprotonated active catalytic state. Herein, we investigate the feasibility of these proposed deprotonated complexes toward CO2 reduction. Two deprotonated derivatives, Co(L4-) and Co(L2-), of the tetraamino macrocycle Co(L) were independently synthesized and structurally characterized revealing extensive delocalization of the negative charge upon deprotonation. 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and ultraviolet-visible titration studies confirm that under catalytic conditions, the active form of the catalyst gradually becomes deprotonated, supporting thus the ndonor - 1 relationship with kobs. Electrochemical studies of Co(L4-) reveal that this deprotonated analogue is competent for electrocatalysis upon addition of an exogenous weak acid source, such as 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, resulting in faradaic efficiencies for CO2-to-CO conversion identical to those observed with the fully protonated derivative (>98%).
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- Jeffrey J Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Wang X, Meng S, Chen J, Wang H, Wang Y, Zhou S, Li X, Liao R, Tung C, Wu L. Mechanistic Insights Into Iron(II) Bis(pyridyl)amine‐Bipyridine Skeleton for Selective CO
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Photoreduction. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202107386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Xu‐Zhe Wang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong, University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Huazhong, University of Science and Technology Wuhan 430074 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100190 China
- School of Future Technology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China
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Koenig JDB, Dubrawski ZS, Rao KR, Willkomm J, Gelfand BS, Risko C, Piers WE, Welch GC. Lowering Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Overpotential Using N-Annulated Perylene Diimide Rhenium Bipyridine Dyads with Variable Tether Length. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:16849-16864. [PMID: 34597040 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We report the design, synthesis, and characterization of four N-annulated perylene diimide (NPDI) functionalized rhenium bipyridine [Re(bpy)] supramolecular dyads. The Re(bpy) scaffold was connected to the NPDI chromophore either directly [Re(py-C0-NPDI)] or via an ethyl [Re(bpy-C2-NPDI)], butyl [Re(bpy-C4-NPDI)], or hexyl [Re(bpy-C6-NPDI)] alkyl-chain spacer. Upon electrochemical reduction in the presence of CO2 and a proton source, Re(bpy-C2/4/6-NPDI) all exhibited significant current enhancement effects, while Re(py-C0-NPDI) did not. During controlled potential electrolysis (CPE) experiments at Eappl = -1.8 V vs Fc+/0, Re(bpy-C2/4/6-NPDI) all achieved comparable activity (TONco ∼ 25) and Faradaic efficiency (FEco ∼ 94%). Under identical CPE conditions, the standard catalyst Re(dmbpy) was inactive for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction; only at Eappl = -2.1 V vs Fc+/0 could Re(dmbpy) achieve the same catalytic performance, representing a 300 mV lowering in overpotential for Re(bpy-C2/4/6-NPDI). At higher overpotentials, Re(bpy-C4/6-NPDI) both outperformed Re(bpy-C2-NPDI), indicating the possibility of coinciding electrocatalytic CO2 reduction mechanisms that are dictated by tether-length and overpotential. Using UV-vis-nearIR spectroelectrochemistry (SEC), FTIR SEC, and chemical reduction experiments, it was shown that the NPDI-moiety served as an electron-reservoir for Re(bpy), thereby allowing catalytic activity at lower overpotentials. Density functional theory studies probing the optimized geometries and frontier molecular orbitals of various catalytic intermediates revealed that the geometric configuration of NPDI relative to the Re(bpy)-moiety plays a critical role in accessing electrons from the electron-reservoir. The improved performance of Re(bpy-C2/4/6-NPDI)dyads at lower overpotentials, relative to Re(dmbpy), highlights the utility of chromophore electron-reservoirs as a method for lowering the overpotential for CO2 conversion.
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- Josh D B Koenig
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry & Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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Mukherjee G, Satpathy JK, Bagha UK, Mubarak MQE, Sastri CV, de Visser SP. Inspiration from Nature: Influence of Engineered Ligand Scaffolds and Auxiliary Factors on the Reactivity of Biomimetic Oxidants. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c01993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Gourab Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan Malaysia
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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Li X, Panetier JA. Computational study on the reactivity of imidazolium-functionalized manganese bipyridyl tricarbonyl electrocatalysts [Mn[bpyMe(Im-R)](CO) 3Br] + (R = Me, Me 2 and Me 4) for CO 2-to-CO conversion over H 2 formation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:14940-14951. [PMID: 34223846 PMCID: PMC10229143 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp01576a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have recently reported a series of imidazolium-functionalized manganese bipyridyl tricarbonyl electrocatalysts, [Mn[bpyMe(Im-R)](CO)3Br]+ (R = Me, Me2, and Me4), for CO2-to-CO conversion in the presence of H2O as the proton source [J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 6569]. These catalysts feature slightly acidic imidazolium moieties in the secondary coordination sphere and reduce CO2 at mild electrochemical potentials. Here, we employ density functional theory (DFT) calculations to understand the electronic structure and reactivity for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) over the competing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) using [Mn[bpyMe(ImMe)](CO)3Br]+ (1+). Our work indicates that, in the absence of water, the imidazolium ligand stabilizes the Mn-CO2 adduct through hydrogen bonding-like interactions, similar to the activated CO2 molecule in the C-cluster of the Ni,Fe-carbon monoxide dehydrogenase II, and assists the protonation steps during CO2RR and HER. More significantly, based on the energy span model, we demonstrate that the selectivity for CO2 fixation over proton reduction results from a higher activation energy for yielding the manganese dihydrogen intermediate before H2 release, which is the TOF determining transition state (TDTS) under an applied potential of Φ = -1.82 V versus Fc0/+. The calculated TOF also reflects the selectivity for CO2RR, which is four orders of magnitude larger than for HER, consistent with the CPE experiments that show no hydrogen was obtained. In the case of CO2 reduction, the TOF determining intermediate (TDI) corresponds to the doubly reduced active catalyst, 1C2(red2), which features a manganese(0) center that couples ferromagnetically with one unpaired electron in the π* orbital of bipyridine. On the other hand, for HER, the metal-hydride intermediate, 1C2(I11-R), is the TDI. Finally, second-order perturbation analyses imply that the strongest hydrogen bonding-like interaction at the C2 position in 1+ contributes to the higher catalytic activity with respect to [Mn[bpyMe(ImMe2)](CO)3Br]+ (2+) and [Mn[bpyMe(ImMe4)](CO)3Br]+ (3+) for CO2 fixation, consistent with the experimental data.
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- Xiaohui Li
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, USA.
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Hellman AN, Haiges R, Marinescu SC. Influence of Intermolecular Hydrogen Bonding Interactions on the Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO
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to CO by 6,6′‐Amine Substituted Rhenium Bipyridine Complexes. ChemElectroChem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.202100306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Ashley N. Hellman
- Department of Chemistry University of Southern California Los Angeles California 90089 United States
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- Department of Chemistry University of Southern California Los Angeles California 90089 United States
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- Department of Chemistry University of Southern California Los Angeles California 90089 United States
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Shee J, Loipersberger M, Hait D, Lee J, Head-Gordon M. Revealing the nature of electron correlation in transition metal complexes with symmetry breaking and chemical intuition. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:194109. [PMID: 34240907 DOI: 10.1063/5.0047386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In this work, we provide a nuanced view of electron correlation in the context of transition metal complexes, reconciling computational characterization via spin and spatial symmetry breaking in single-reference methods with qualitative concepts from ligand-field and molecular orbital theories. These insights provide the tools to reliably diagnose the multi-reference character, and our analysis reveals that while strong (i.e., static) correlation can be found in linear molecules (e.g., diatomics) and weakly bound and antiferromagnetically coupled (monometal-noninnocent ligand or multi-metal) complexes, it is rarely found in the ground-states of mono-transition-metal complexes. This leads to a picture of static correlation that is no more complex for transition metals than it is, e.g., for organic biradicaloids. In contrast, the ability of organometallic species to form more complex interactions, involving both ligand-to-metal σ-donation and metal-to-ligand π-backdonation, places a larger burden on a theory's treatment of dynamic correlation. We hypothesize that chemical bonds in which inter-electron pair correlation is non-negligible cannot be adequately described by theories using MP2 correlation energies and indeed find large errors vs experiment for carbonyl-dissociation energies from double-hybrid density functionals. A theory's description of dynamic correlation (and to a less important extent, delocalization error), which affects relative spin-state energetics and thus spin symmetry breaking, is found to govern the efficacy of its use to diagnose static correlation.
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- James Shee
- Kenneth S. Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Kenneth S. Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Kenneth S. Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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- Kenneth S. Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Kinzel NW, Werlé C, Leitner W. Transition Metal Complexes as Catalysts for the Electroconversion of CO 2 : An Organometallic Perspective. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:11628-11686. [PMID: 33464678 PMCID: PMC8248444 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202006988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The electrocatalytic transformation of carbon dioxide has been a topic of interest in the field of CO2 utilization for a long time. Recently, the area has seen increasing dynamics as an alternative strategy to catalytic hydrogenation for CO2 reduction. While many studies focus on the direct electron transfer to the CO2 molecule at the electrode material, molecular transition metal complexes in solution offer the possibility to act as catalysts for the electron transfer. C1 compounds such as carbon monoxide, formate, and methanol are often targeted as the main products, but more elaborate transformations are also possible within the coordination sphere of the metal center. This perspective article will cover selected examples to illustrate and categorize the currently favored mechanisms for the electrochemically induced transformation of CO2 promoted by homogeneous transition metal complexes. The insights will be corroborated with the concepts and elementary steps of organometallic catalysis to derive potential strategies to broaden the molecular diversity of possible products.
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- Niklas W. Kinzel
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionStiftstr. 34–3645470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC)RWTH Aachen UniversityWorringer Weg 252074AachenGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionStiftstr. 34–3645470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
- Ruhr University BochumUniversitätsstr. 15044801BochumGermany
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- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy ConversionStiftstr. 34–3645470Mülheim an der RuhrGermany
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC)RWTH Aachen UniversityWorringer Weg 252074AachenGermany
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Loipersberger M, Cabral DGA, Chu DBK, Head-Gordon M. Mechanistic Insights into Co and Fe Quaterpyridine-Based CO 2 Reduction Catalysts: Metal-Ligand Orbital Interaction as the Key Driving Force for Distinct Pathways. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:744-763. [PMID: 33400528 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Both [CoII(qpy)(H2O)2]2+ and [FeII(qpy)(H2O)2]2+ (with qpy = 2,2':6',2″:6'',2‴-quaterpyridine) are efficient homogeneous electrocatalysts and photoelectrocatalysts for the reduction of CO2 to CO. The Co catalyst is more efficient in the electrochemical reduction, while the Fe catalyst is an excellent photoelectrocatalyst ( ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 3411-3417). This work uses density functional theory to shed light on the contrasting catalytic pathways. While both catalysts experience primarily ligand-based reductions, the second reduction in the Co catalyst is delocalized onto the metal via a metal-ligand bonding interaction, causing a spin transition and a distorted ligand framework. This orbital interaction explains the experimentally observed mild reduction potential and slow kinetics of the second reduction. The decreased hardness and doubly occupied dz2-orbital facilitate a σ-bond with the CO2-π* in an η1-κC binding mode. CO2 binding is only possible after two reductions resulting in an EEC mechanism (E = electron transfer, C = chemical reaction), and the second protonation is rate-limiting. In contrast, the Fe catalyst maintains a Lewis acidic metal center throughout the reduction process because the metal orbitals do not strongly mix with the qpy-π* orbitals. This allows binding of the activated CO2 in an η2-binding mode. This interaction stabilizes the activated CO2 via a π-type interaction of a Fe-t2g orbital and the CO2-π* and a dative bond of the oxygen lone pair. This facilitates CO2 binding to a singly reduced catalyst resulting in an ECE mechanism. The barrier for CO2 addition and the second protonation are higher than those for the Co catalyst and rate-limiting.
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- Matthias Loipersberger
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States.,Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Kinzel NW, Werlé C, Leitner W. Übergangsmetallkomplexe als Katalysatoren für die elektrische Umwandlung von CO
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– eine metallorganische Perspektive. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202006988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Niklas W. Kinzel
- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Deutschland
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC) RWTH Aachen University Worringer Weg 2 52074 Aachen Deutschland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Deutschland
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum Deutschland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion Stiftstraße 34–36 45470 Mülheim an der Ruhr Deutschland
- Institut für Technische und Makromolekulare Chemie (ITMC) RWTH Aachen University Worringer Weg 2 52074 Aachen Deutschland
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Loipersberger M, Cabral DGA, Chu DBK, Head-Gordon M. Mechanistic Insights into Co and Fe Quaterpyridine-Based CO 2 Reduction Catalysts: Metal–Ligand Orbital Interaction as the Key Driving Force for Distinct Pathways. J Am Chem Soc 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c09380 and 21=21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Matthias Loipersberger
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Amanullah S, Saha P, Nayek A, Ahmed ME, Dey A. Biochemical and artificial pathways for the reduction of carbon dioxide, nitrite and the competing proton reduction: effect of 2nd sphere interactions in catalysis. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:3755-3823. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01405b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Reduction of oxides and oxoanions of carbon and nitrogen are of great contemporary importance as they are crucial for a sustainable environment.
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- Sk Amanullah
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata
- India
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Gonell S, Lloret-Fillol J, Miller AJM. An Iron Pyridyl-Carbene Electrocatalyst for Low Overpotential CO2 Reduction to CO. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Sergio Gonell
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avinguda Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Avinguda Països Catalans, 16, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluïs Companys, 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, United States
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Vitillo JG, Lu CC, Cramer CJ, Bhan A, Gagliardi L. Influence of First and Second Coordination Environment on Structural Fe(II) Sites in MIL-101 for C–H Bond Activation in Methane. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c03906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- Jenny G. Vitillo
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
- Department of Science and High Technology and INSTM, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Via Valleggio 9, I-22100 Como, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Theory Center, and Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455-0431, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, 421 Washington Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Iron-Based Catalytically Active Complexes in Preparation of Functional Materials. Processes (Basel) 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/pr8121683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Iron complexes are particularly interesting as catalyst systems over the other transition metals (including noble metals) due to iron’s high natural abundance and mediation in important biological processes, therefore making them non-toxic, cost-effective, and biocompatible. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis mediated by iron as a transition metal have found applications in many industries, including oxidation, C-C bond formation, hydrocarboxylation and dehydration, hydrogenation and reduction reactions of low molecular weight molecules. These processes provided substrates for industrial-scale use, e.g., switchable materials, sustainable and scalable energy storage technologies, drugs for the treatment of cancer, and high molecular weight polymer materials with a predetermined structure through controlled radical polymerization techniques. This review provides a detailed statement of the utilization of homogeneous and heterogeneous iron-based catalysts for the synthesis of both low and high molecular weight molecules with versatile use, focusing on receiving functional materials with high potential for industrial application.
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Lashgari A, Williams CK, Glover JL, Wu Y, Chai J, Jiang JJ. Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity of a Zinc Porphyrin for CO 2 Reduction: Cooperative Effects of Triazole Units in the Second Coordination Sphere. Chemistry 2020; 26:16774-16781. [PMID: 32701198 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The control of the second coordination sphere in a coordination complex plays an important role in improving catalytic efficiency. Herein, we report a zinc porphyrin complex ZnPor8T with multiple flexible triazole units comprising the second coordination sphere, as an electrocatalyst for the highly selective electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) to carbon monoxide (CO). This electrocatalyst converted CO2 to CO with a Faradaic efficiency of 99 % and a current density of -6.2 mA cm-2 at -2.4 V vs. Fc/Fc+ in N,N-dimethylformamide using water as the proton source. Structure-function relationship studies were carried out on ZnPor8T analogs containing different numbers of triazole units and distinct triazole geometries; these unveiled that the triazole units function cooperatively to stabilize the CO2 -catalyst adduct in order to facilitate intramolecular proton transfer. Our findings demonstrate that incorporating triazole units that function in a cooperative manner is a versatile strategy to enhance the activity of electrocatalytic CO2 conversion.
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- Amir Lashgari
- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
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Mao Y, Loipersberger M, Kron KJ, Derrick JS, Chang CJ, Sharada SM, Head-Gordon M. Consistent inclusion of continuum solvation in energy decomposition analysis: theory and application to molecular CO 2 reduction catalysts. Chem Sci 2020; 12:1398-1414. [PMID: 34163903 PMCID: PMC8179122 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05327a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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To facilitate computational investigation of intermolecular interactions in the solution phase, we report the development of ALMO-EDA(solv), a scheme that allows the application of continuum solvent models within the framework of energy decomposition analysis (EDA) based on absolutely localized molecular orbitals (ALMOs). In this scheme, all the quantum mechanical states involved in the variational EDA procedure are computed with the presence of solvent environment so that solvation effects are incorporated in the evaluation of all its energy components. After validation on several model complexes, we employ ALMO-EDA(solv) to investigate substituent effects on two classes of complexes that are related to molecular CO2 reduction catalysis. For [FeTPP(CO2-κC)]2- (TPP = tetraphenylporphyrin), we reveal that two ortho substituents which yield most favorable CO2 binding, -N(CH3)3 + (TMA) and -OH, stabilize the complex via through-structure and through-space mechanisms, respectively. The coulombic interaction between the positively charged TMA group and activated CO2 is found to be largely attenuated by the polar solvent. Furthermore, we also provide computational support for the design strategy of utilizing bulky, flexible ligands to stabilize activated CO2 via long-range Coulomb interactions, which creates biomimetic solvent-inaccessible "pockets" in that electrostatics is unscreened. For the reactant and product complexes associated with the electron transfer from the p-terphenyl radical anion to CO2, we demonstrate that the double terminal substitution of p-terphenyl by electron-withdrawing groups considerably strengthens the binding in the product state while moderately weakens that in the reactant state, which are both dominated by the substituent tuning of the electrostatics component. These applications illustrate that this new extension of ALMO-EDA provides a valuable means to unravel the nature of intermolecular interactions and quantify their impacts on chemical reactivity in solution.
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- Yuezhi Mao
- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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- Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California Los Angeles CA 90089 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720 USA
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley CA 94720 USA
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Meunier A, Singleton ML, Kauffmann B, Granier T, Lautrette G, Ferrand Y, Huc I. Aromatic foldamers as scaffolds for metal second coordination sphere design. Chem Sci 2020; 11:12178-12186. [PMID: 34094430 PMCID: PMC8162952 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc05143h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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As metalloproteins exemplify, the chemical and physical properties of metal centers depend not only on their first but also on their second coordination sphere. Installing arrays of functional groups around the first coordination sphere of synthetic metal complexes is thus highly desirable, but it remains a challenging objective. Here we introduce a novel approach to produce tailored second coordination spheres. We used bioinspired artificial architectures based on aromatic oligoamide foldamers to construct a rigid, modular and well-defined environment around a metal complex. Specifically, aza-aromatic monomers having a tethered [2Fe-2S] cluster have been synthesized and incorporated in conical helical foldamer sequences. Exploiting the modularity and predictability of aromatic oligoamide structures allowed for the straightforward design of a conical architecture able to sequester the metal complex in a confined environment. Even though no direct metal complex-foldamer interactions were purposely designed in this first generation model, crystallography, NMR and IR spectroscopy concurred to show that the aromatic oligoamide backbone alters the structure and fluxional processes of the metal cluster.
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- Antoine Meunier
- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248), IECB 2 Rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248), IECB 2 Rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (UMS 3033) 2 Rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248), IECB 2 Rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248), IECB 2 Rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248), IECB 2 Rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248), IECB 2 Rue Robert Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
- Department of Pharmacy, Centre for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Butenandtstraße 5-13 D-81377 Munich Germany
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Smith PT, Weng S, Chang CJ. An NADH-Inspired Redox Mediator Strategy to Promote Second-Sphere Electron and Proton Transfer for Cooperative Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Catalyzed by Iron Porphyrin. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:9270-9278. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c01162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Peter T. Smith
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Loipersberger M, Zee DZ, Panetier JA, Chang CJ, Long JR, Head-Gordon M. Computational Study of an Iron(II) Polypyridine Electrocatalyst for CO2 Reduction: Key Roles for Intramolecular Interactions in CO2 Binding and Proton Transfer. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:8146-8160. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Matthias Loipersberger
- Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13902, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Pitzer Center for Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Franco F, Rettenmaier C, Jeon HS, Roldan Cuenya B. Transition metal-based catalysts for the electrochemical CO2 reduction: from atoms and molecules to nanostructured materials. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:6884-6946. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00835d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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An overview of the main strategies for the rational design of transition metal-based catalysts for the electrochemical conversion of CO2, ranging from molecular systems to single-atom and nanostructured catalysts.
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- Federico Franco
- Department of Interface Science
- Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
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- Department of Interface Science
- Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
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- Department of Interface Science
- Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
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- Department of Interface Science
- Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
- 14195 Berlin
- Germany
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