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Wang Z, Xia S, Deng X, Baryshnikov G, Kuklin A, Ågren H, Zhang H. Platinum group nanoparticles doped BCN matrix: Efficient catalysts for the electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate to ammonia. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 664:84-95. [PMID: 38460387 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.02.211] [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: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024]
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The effective treatment of nitrate (NO3-) in water as a nitrogen source and electrocatalytic NO3- reduction to ammonia (NH3) (NRA) have become preferred methods for NO3--to-NH3 conversion. Achieving efficient NO3--to-NH3 conversion requires the design and development of electrode materials with high activity and efficiency for the electrocatalytic NRA reaction. Herein, based on the special properties of dodecahydro-closo-dodecaborate anions, a BCN matrix, loaded with platinum-group nanoparticles (namely, Pd/BCN, Pt/BCN, and Ru/BCN), was prepared using a simple method for the electrocatalytic NRA reaction. Results showed that Pd/BCN exerts the best catalytic effect on the NRA reaction. The NH3 production rate reached 12.71 mg h-1 mgcat.-1 at -1.0 V vs. RHE. Faraday efficiency reached 91.79 %, which can be attributed to the more uniform distribution of the nanoparticles. Furthermore, Pd/BCN exhibited high cycling stability and resistance to ionic interference. Moreover, the density functional theory calculations indicated that small and well-distributed Pd nanoclusters in the BCN matrix have a large active surface area and promote the catalytic process. This study provides a new strategy to design catalysts for green ammonia synthesis.
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- Zhengxi Wang
- School of Nuclear Technology and Chemistry & Biology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Radiation Chemistry and Functional Materials, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning 437100, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, PR China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, PR China.
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- Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University, Norrköping 60174, Sweden.
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Division of X-ray Photon Science, Uppsala University, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Division of X-ray Photon Science, Uppsala University, Lägerhyddsvägen 1, SE-75121 Uppsala, Sweden
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China; Engineering Research Center of Organosilicon Compounds & Materials, Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430072, PR China.
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Yan M, Wei R, Zhang R, Zhang X, Sun S, Wei X, Wang X, Yin S, Wang Y. Distinctive p-d Orbital Hybridization in CuSb Porous Nanonetworks for Enhanced Nitrite Electroreduction to Ammonia. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2024:e2310409. [PMID: 38477694 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202310409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
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Electrochemical nitrite reduction reaction (NO 2 - RR ${\mathrm{NO}}_{\mathrm{2}}^{\mathrm{ - }}{\mathrm{RR}}$ ), as a green and sustainable ammonia synthesis technology, has broad application prospects and environmental friendliness. Herein, an unconventional p-d orbital hybridization strategy is reported to realize the fabrication of defect-rich CuSb porous nanonetwork (CuSb PNs) electrocatalyst forNO 2 - RR ${\mathrm{NO}}_{\mathrm{2}}^ - {\mathrm{RR}}$ . The crystalline/amorphous heterophase structure is cleverly introduced into the porous nanonetworks, and this defect-rich structure exposes more atoms and activated boundaries. CuSb PNs exhibit a large NH3 yield (r N H 3 ${{r}_{{\mathrm{N}}{{{\mathrm{H}}}_{\mathrm{3}}}}}$ ) of 946.1 µg h-1m cat - 1 ${\mathrm{m}}_{{\mathrm{cat}}}^{ - {\mathrm{1}}}$ and a high faradaic efficiency (FE) of 90.7%. Experimental and theoretical studies indicate that the excellent performance of CuSb PNs results from the defect-rich porous nanonetworks structure and the p-d hybridization of Cu and Sb elements. This work describes a powerful pathway for the fabrication of p-d orbital hybrid defect-rich porous nanonetworks catalysts, and provides hope for solving the problem of nitrogen oxide pollution in the field of environment and energy.
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- Min Yan
- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Shandong Vocational College of Science and Technology, Weifang, 261021, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266042, P. R. China
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Alvarez MA, García ME, García-Vivó D, Guerra AM, Ruiz MA. C≡N and N≡O Bond Cleavages of Acetonitrile and Nitrosyl Ligands at a Dimolybdenum Center to Render Ethylidyne and Acetamidinate Ligands. Inorg Chem 2024; 63:3207-3211. [PMID: 38306699 PMCID: PMC10880054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/27/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Extended reduction of [Mo2Cp2(μ-Cl)(μ-PtBu2)(NO)2] (1) with Na(Hg) in acetonitrile (MeCN) at room temperature resulted in an unprecedented full cleavage of the C≡N bond of a coordinated MeCN molecule to yield the vinylidene derivative Na[Mo2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(μ-CCH2)(NO)2], which upon protonation with (NH4)PF6 gave the ethylidyne complex [Mo2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(μ-CMe)(NO)2] [Mo1-Mo2 = 2.9218(2) Å] in a selective and reversible way. Controlled reduction of 1 at 273 K yielded instead, after protonation, the 30-electron acetamidinate complex [Mo2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(μ-κN:κN'-HNCMeNH)(μ-NO)]PF6 [Mo1-Mo2 = 2.603(2) Å], in a process thought to stem from the paramagnetic MeCN-bridged intermediate [Mo2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(μ-NCMe)(NO)2], followed by a complex sequence of elementary steps including cleavage of the N≡O bond of a nitrosyl ligand.
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- M. Angeles Alvarez
- Departamento de Química
Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química
Organometálica “Enrique Moles”, Universidad de Oviedo, E33071 Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química
Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química
Organometálica “Enrique Moles”, Universidad de Oviedo, E33071 Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química
Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química
Organometálica “Enrique Moles”, Universidad de Oviedo, E33071 Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química
Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química
Organometálica “Enrique Moles”, Universidad de Oviedo, E33071 Oviedo, Spain
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- Departamento de Química
Orgánica e Inorgánica, Instituto Universitario de Química
Organometálica “Enrique Moles”, Universidad de Oviedo, E33071 Oviedo, Spain
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Arikawa Y, Yamada M, Takemoto N, Nagaoka T, Tsujita Y, Nakamura T, Tsuruta Y, Horiuchi S, Sakuda E, Yoshizawa K, Umakoshi K. Stepwise Sulfite Reduction on a Dinuclear Ruthenium Complex Leading to Hydrogen Sulfide. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:21729-21732. [PMID: 37650604 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c07248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Sulfite reduction by dissimilatory sulfite reductases is a key process in the global sulfur cycle. Sulfite reductases catalyze the 6e- reduction of SO32- to H2S using eight protons (SO32- + 8H+ + 6e- → H2S + 3H2O). However, detailed research into the reductive conversion of sulfite on transition-metal-based complexes remains unexplored. As part of our ongoing research into reproducing the function of reductases using dinuclear ruthenium complex {(TpRu)2(μ-Cl)(μ-pz)} (Tp = HB(pyrazolyl)3), we have targeted the function of sulfite reductase. The isolation of a key SO-bridged complex, followed by a sulfite-bridged complex, eventually resulted in a stepwise sulfite reduction. The reduction of a sulfite to a sulfur monoxide using 4H+ and 4e-, which was followed by conversion of the sulfur monoxide to a disulfide with concomitant consumption of 2H+ and 2e-, proceeded on the same platform. Finally, the production of H2S from the disulfide-bridged complex was achieved.
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- Yasuhiro Arikawa
- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
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- Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Bunkyo-machi 1-14, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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Yeon S, Lee SJ, Kim J, Begildayeva T, Min A, Theerthagiri J, Kumari MLA, Pinto LMC, Kong H, Choi MY. Sustainable removal of nitrite waste to value-added ammonia on Cu@Cu 2O core-shell nanostructures by pulsed laser technique. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 215:114154. [PMID: 36037916 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The biochemical reduction of nitrite (NO2-) ions to ammonia (NH3) requires six electrons and is catalyzed by the cytochrome c NO2- reductase enzyme. This biological reaction inspired scientists to explore the reduction of nitrogen oxyanions, such as nitrate (NO3-) and NO2- in wastewater, to produce the more valuable NH3 product. It is widely known that copper (Cu)-based nanoparticles (NPs) are selective for the NO3- reduction reaction (NO3-RR), but the NO2-RR has not been well explored. Therefore, we attempted to address the electrocatalytic conversion of NO2- to NH3 using Cu@Cu2O core-shell NPs to simultaneously treat wastewater by removing NO2- and producing valuable NH3. The Cu@Cu2O core-shell NPs were constructed using the pulsed laser ablation of Cu sheet metal in water. The core-shell nanostructure of these particles was confirmed by various characterization techniques. Subsequently, the removal of NO2- and the ammonium (NH4+)-N yield rate were estimated using the Griess and indophenol blue methods, respectively. Impressively, the Cu@Cu2O core-shell NPs exhibited outstanding NO2-RR activity, demonstrating a maximum NO2- removal efficiency of approximately 94% and a high NH4+-N yield rate of approximately 0.03 mmol h-1.cm-2 at -1.6 V vs. a silver/silver chloride reference electrode under optimal conditions. The proposed NO2-RR mechanism revealed that the (111) facet of Cu favors the selective conversion of NO2- to NH3 via a six-electron transfer. This investigation may offer a new insight for the rational design and detailed mechanistic understanding of electrocatalyst architecture for the effective conversion of NO2- to NH4+.
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- Sanghun Yeon
- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, The Oxford College of Science, Bengaluru, 560102, Karnataka, India
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- Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso Do Sul, UFMS, 79074-460, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry (BK21 FOUR), Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea; Core-Facility Center for Photochemistry & Nanomaterials, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, 52828, Republic of Korea.
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Li X, Li Z, Zhang L, Zhao D, Li J, Sun S, Xie L, Liu Q, Alshehri AA, Luo Y, Liao Y, Kong Q, Sun X. Ni nanoparticle-decorated biomass carbon for efficient electrocatalytic nitrite reduction to ammonia. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:13073-13077. [PMID: 36069959 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03540e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Electrocatalytic nitrite (NO2-) reduction to ammonia (NH3) can not only synthesize value-added NH3, but also remove NO2- pollutants from the environment. However, the low efficiency of NO2--to-NH3 conversion hinders its applications. Here, Ni nanoparticle-decorated juncus-derived biomass carbon prepared at 800 °C (Ni@JBC-800) serves as an efficient catalyst for NH3 synthesis by selective electroreduction of NO2-. This catalyst shows a remarkable NH3 yield of 4117.3 μg h-1 mgcat.-1 and a large faradaic efficiency of 83.4% in an alkaline electrolyte. The catalytic mechanism is further investigated by theoretical calculations.
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- Xiuhong Li
- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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Alvarez MA, García ME, García-Vivó D, Guerra AM, Ruiz MA, Falvello LR. Chemistry of a Nitrosyl Ligand κ:η-Bridging a Ditungsten Center: Rearrangement and N–O Bond Cleavage Reactions. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:14929-14933. [PMID: 36106823 PMCID: PMC9516685 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
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The novel nitrosyl-bridged
complex [W2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(μ-κ:η-NO)(CO)(NO)](BAr4) [Ar = 3,5-C6H3(CF3)2] was prepared in a multistep procedure starting from the
hydride [W2Cp2(μ-H)(μ-PtBu2)(CO)4] and involving the
new complexes [W2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(CO)4](BF4), [W2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(CO)2(NO)2](BAr4), and [W2(μ-κ:η5-C5H4)Cp(μ-PtBu2)(CO)(NO)2] as intermediates,
which follow from reactions with HBF4·OEt2, NO, and Me3NO·2H2O, respectively. The
nitrosyl-bridged cation easily added chloride upon reaction with [N(PPh3)2]Cl, with concomitant NO rearrangement into the
terminal coordination mode, to give [W2ClCp2(μ-PtBu2)(CO)(NO)2], and underwent N–O and W–W bond cleavages
upon the addition of CNtBu to give the
mononuclear phosphinoimido complex [WCp(NPtBu2)(CNtBu)2](BAr4). Another N–O bond cleavage was induced upon photochemical
decarbonylation at 243 K, which gave the oxo- and phosphinito-bridged
nitrido complex [W2Cp2(N)(μ-O)(μ-OPtBu2)(NO)](BAr4), likely
resulting from a N–O bond cleavage step following decarbonylation. The π binding of the NO ligand in the cation
[W2Cp2(μ-PtBu2)(μ-κ:η-NO)(CO)(NO)]+ facilitates
the addition of ligands with concomitant rearrangement of the bridging
nitrosyl into the terminal coordination mode and also facilitates
cleavage of the N−O bond of that ligand at low temperature
possibly in two different ways: either through the oxidative addition
of this ligand to the dimetal center or through deoxygenation by another
ligand.
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- M. Angeles Alvarez
- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo E33071, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo E33071, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo E33071, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo E33071, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo E33071, Spain
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- Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, CSIC, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza E-50009, Spain
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Ren Z, Chen Q, An X, Liu Q, Xie L, Zhang J, Yao W, Hamdy MS, Kong Q, Sun X. High-Efficiency Ammonia Electrosynthesis on Anatase TiO 2-x Nanobelt Arrays with Oxygen Vacancies by Selective Reduction of Nitrite. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:12895-12902. [PMID: 35917143 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Electrocatalytic reduction of nitrite to NH3 provides a new route for the treatment of nitrite in wastewater, as well as an attractive alternative to NH3 synthesis. Here, we report that an oxygen vacancy-rich TiO2-x nanoarray with different crystal structures self-supported on the Ti plate can be prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and by subsequently annealing it in an Ar/H2 atmosphere. Anatase TiO2-x (A-TiO2-x) can be a superb catalyst for the efficient conversion of NO2- to NH3; a high NH3 yield of 12,230.1 ± 406.9 μg h-1 cm-2 along with a Faradaic efficiency of 91.1 ± 5.5% can be achieved in a 0.1 M NaOH solution containing 0.1 M NaNO2 at -0.8 V, which also exhibits preferable durability with almost no decay of catalytic performances after cycling tests and long-term electrolysis. Furthermore, a Zn-NO2- battery with such A-TiO2-x as a cathode delivers a power density of 2.38 mW cm-2 as well as a NH3 yield of 885 μg h-1 cm-2.
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- Zhaofei Ren
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.,Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.,Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.,Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.,Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.,Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- Catalysis Research Group (CRG), Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.,Interdisciplinary Materials Research Center, Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.,College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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Wang W, Tse ECM. Enhanced Nitrite Electrovalorization to Ammonia by NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide. Eur J Inorg Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202200291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Wanying Wang
- University of Hong Kong Department of Chemistry HONG KONG
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- University of Hong Kong Department of Chemistry Room 403Chong Yuet Ming Chemistry BuildingPokfulam Hong Kong SAR HONG KONG
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Liu Q, Liu Q, Xie L, Yue L, Li T, Luo Y, Li N, Tang B, Yu L, Sun X. A 3D FeOOH nanotube array: an efficient catalyst for ammonia electrosynthesis by nitrite reduction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:5160-5163. [PMID: 35385567 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00611a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Nitrite (NO2-) is a detrimental pollutant widely existing in groundwater sources, threatening public health. Electrocatalytic NO2- reduction settles the demand for removal of NO2- and is also promising for generating ammonia (NH3) at room temperature. A nanotube array directly grown on a current collector not only has a large surface area, but also exhibits improved structural stability and accelerated electron transport. Herein, a self-standing FeOOH nanotube array on carbon cloth (FeOOH NTA/CC) is proposed as a highly active electrocatalyst for NO2--to-NH3 conversion. As a 3D catalyst, the FeOOH NTA/CC is able to attain a surprising faradaic efficiency of 94.7% and a large NH3 yield of 11937 μg h-1 cm-2 in 0.1 M PBS (pH = 7.0) with 0.1 M NO2-. Furthermore, this catalyst also displays excellent durability in cyclic and long-term electrolysis tests.
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- Qin Liu
- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xian 710021, Shaanxi, China. .,Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xian 710021, Shaanxi, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- School of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Technological University, Xian 710021, Shaanxi, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China. .,College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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Zhao D, Liang J, Li J, Zhang L, Dong K, Yue L, Luo Y, Ren Y, Liu Q, Hamdy MS, Li Q, Kong Q, Sun X. A TiO 2-x nanobelt array with oxygen vacancies: an efficient electrocatalyst toward nitrite conversion to ammonia. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:3669-3672. [PMID: 35224596 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc00856d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Electrocatalytic nitrite reduction not only holds significant potential in the control of nitrite contamination in the natural environment, but also is an attractive approach for sustainable ammonia synthesis. In this communication, we report that a TiO2-x nanobelt array with oxygen vacancies on a titanium plate is able to convert nitrite into ammonia with a high faradaic efficiency of 92.7% and a large yield of 7898 μg h-1 cm-2 in alkaline solution. This monolithic catalyst also shows high durability with the maintenance of its catalytic activity for 12 h. Theoretical calculations further reveal the critical role of oxygen vacancies in nitrite electroreduction.
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- Donglin Zhao
- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Catalysis Research Group (CRG), Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia
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- College of Chemistry and Materials Science, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu 610068, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China. .,College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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Zhang X, Wang Y, Wang Y, Guo Y, Xie X, Yu Y, Zhang B. Recent advances in electrocatalytic nitrite reduction. Chem Commun (Camb) 2022; 58:2777-2787. [PMID: 35156964 DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06690k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Electrocatalytic nitrite reduction is of great significance for wastewater treatment and value-added chemicals synthesis. This review highlights the latest progress in electrochemical nitrite reduction to produce two types of products, including gaseous products (NO, N2O, N2) and liquid products (NH2OH and NH4+). The heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysts used in the corresponding reduction processes are introduced, with emphasis on the product selectivity regulation and reaction mechanism understanding. Finally, the challenges and opportunities in this field are analyzed as well. This review can provide guidelines for designing electrochemical systems with high efficiency and specificity for nitrite reduction.
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- Xi Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China. .,Green Catalysis Center, College of Chemistry, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450000, China
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Department of Interventional and Vascular Surgery, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200072, China.
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- Institute of Molecular Plus, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
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Yin H, Zhao X, Xiong S, Peng Y, Chen Z, Wang R, Wen M, Luo J, Yamashita H, Li J. New insight on electroreduction of nitrate to ammonia driven by oxygen vacancies-induced strong interface interactions. J Catal 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2021.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Wen G, Liang J, Zhang L, Li T, Liu Q, An X, Shi X, Liu Y, Gao S, Asiri AM, Luo Y, Kong Q, Sun X. Ni 2P nanosheet array for high-efficiency electrohydrogenation of nitrite to ammonia at ambient conditions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 606:1055-1063. [PMID: 34487928 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Ammonia (NH3) plays an important role in agriculture and industry. The industry-scale production mainly depends on the Haber-Bosch process suffering from issues of environment pollution and energy consumption. Electrochemical reduction can degrade nitrite (NO2-) pollutants in the environment and convert it into more valuable NH3. Here, Ni2P nanosheet array on nickel foam is proposed as a 3D electrocatalyst for high-efficiency electrohydrogenation of NO2- to NH3 under ambient reaction conditions. When tested in 0.1 M phosphate buffer saline with 200 ppm NO2-, such Ni2P/NF is able to obtain a large NH3 yield rate of 2692.2 ± 92.1 μg h-1 cm-2 (3282.9 ± 112.3 μg h-1 mgcat.-1), a high Faradic efficiency of 90.2 ± 3.0%, and selectivity of 87.0 ± 1.7% at -0.3 V versus a reversible hydrogen electrode. After 10 h of electrocatalytic reduction, the conversion rate of NO2- achieves near 100%. The catalytic mechanism is further investigated by density functional theory calculations.
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- Guilai Wen
- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, Shandong, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, Henan, China
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science & Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Chemical Synthesis and Pollution Control Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, Sichuan, China.
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- Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, Sichuan, China.
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Arrangement of a NO ligand and the neighboring sulfur-containing species on a dinuclear ruthenium complex by ligand substitution and linkage isomerism of a dimethyl sulfoxide ligand. Inorganica Chim Acta 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Alvarez MA, García ME, García-Vivó D, Ramos A, Ruiz MA, Toyos A. N-O Bond Activation and Cleavage Reactions of the Nitrosyl-Bridged Complexes [M 2Cp 2(μ-PCy 2)(μ-NO)(NO) 2] (M = Mo, W). Inorg Chem 2018; 57:15314-15329. [PMID: 30461277 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b02647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The title complexes (1a,b) were prepared in two steps by first reacting the hydrides [M2Cp2(μ-H)(μ-PCy2)(CO)4] with [NO](BF4) in the presence of Na2CO3 to give dinitrosyls [M2Cp2(μ-PCy2)(CO)2(NO)2](BF4), which were then fully decarbonylated upon reaction with NaNO2 at 323 K. An isomer of the Mo2 complex having a cisoid arrangement of the terminal ligands ( cis-1a) was prepared upon irradiation of toluene solutions of 1a with visible-UV light at 288 K. The structure of these trinitrosyl complexes was investigated using X-ray diffraction and density functional theory (DFT) calculations, these revealing a genuine pyramidalization of the bridging NO that might be associated in part to an increase of charge at the N atom and anticipated a weakening of the N-O bond upon reaction with bases or reducing reagents. Complexes 1a,b reacted with [FeCp2](BF4) to give first the radicals [M2Cp2(μ-PCy2)(μ-NO)(NO)2](BF4) according to CV experiments, which then underwent H-abstraction to yield the nitroxyl-bridged complexes [M2Cp2(μ-PCy2)(μ-κ1:η2-HNO)(NO)2](BF4), alternatively prepared upon protonation with HBF4·OEt2. The novel coordination mode of the nitroxyl ligand in these products was thermodynamically favored over its tautomeric hydroximido form, according to DFT calculations, and similar nitrosomethane-bridged cations [M2Cp2(μ-PCy2)( μ-κ1:η2-MeNO)(NO)2]+ were prepared by reacting 1a,b with CF3SO3Me or [Me3O]BF4. Complexes 1 reacted with M(Hg) (M = Zn, Na) in tetrahydrofuran to give the amido-bridged derivatives [M2Cp2(μ-PCy2)(μ-NH2)(NO)2] with retention of stereochemistry, a transformation also induced by using mild O atom scavengers such as CO and phosphites in the presence of water. In the absence of water, phosphites accomplished a deoxygenation of the bridging NO of the Mo2 complexes to yield the phosphoraniminato-bridged derivatives [Mo2Cp2(μ-PCy2){μ-NP(OR)3}(NO)2] (R = Et, Ph), also with retention of stereochemistry.
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- M Angeles Alvarez
- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM , Universidad de Oviedo , E-33071 Oviedo , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM , Universidad de Oviedo , E-33071 Oviedo , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM , Universidad de Oviedo , E-33071 Oviedo , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM , Universidad de Oviedo , E-33071 Oviedo , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM , Universidad de Oviedo , E-33071 Oviedo , Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica e Inorgánica/IUQOEM , Universidad de Oviedo , E-33071 Oviedo , Spain
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