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Parsons LW, Berben LA. Expanding the Scope of Aluminum Chemistry with Noninnocent Ligands. Acc Chem Res 2024; 57:1087-1097. [PMID: 38581655 PMCID: PMC11025028 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.3c00714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Revised: 03/21/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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ConspectusAluminum is the most abundant metal in the earth's crust at 8%, and it is also widely available domestically in many countries worldwide, which ensures a stable supply chain. To further the applications of aluminum (Al), such as in catalysis and electronic and energy storage materials, there has been significant interest in the synthesis and characterization of new Al coordination compounds that can support electron transfer (ET) and proton transfer (PT) chemistry. This has been achieved using redox and chemically noninnocent ligands (NILs) combined with the highly stable M(III) oxidation state of Al and in some cases the heavier group 13 ions, Ga and In.When ligands participate in redox chemistry or facilitate the breaking or making of new bonds, they are often termed redox or chemically noninnocent, respectively. Al(III) in particular supports rich ligand-based redox chemistry because it is so redox inert and will support the ligand across many charge and protonation states without entering into the reaction chemistry. To a lesser extent, we have reported on the heavier group 13 elements Ga and In, and this chemistry will also be included in this Account, where available.This Account is arranged into two technical sections, which are (1) Structures of Al-NIL complexes and (2) Reactivity of Al-NIL complexes. Highlights of the research work include reversible redox chemistry that has been enabled by ligand design to shut down radical coupling pathways and to prevent loss of H2 from unsaturated ligand sites. These reversible redox properties have in turn enabled the characterization of Class III electron delocalization through Al when two NIL are bound to the Al(III) in different charge states. Characterization of the metalloaromatic character of square planar Al and Ga complexes has been achieved, and characterization of the delocalized electronic structures has provided a model within which to understand and predict the ET and PT chemistry of the NIL group 13 compounds. The capacity of Al-NIL complexes to perform ET and PT has been employed in reactions that use ET or PT reactivity only or in reactions where coupled ET/PT affords hydride transfer chemistry. As an example, ligand-based PT reactions initiate metal-ligand cooperative bond activation pathways for catalysis: this includes acceptorless dehydrogenation of formic acid and anilines and transfer hydrogenation chemistry. In a complementary approach, ligand based ET/PT chemistry has been used in the study of dihydropyridinate (DHP-) chemistry where it was shown that N-coordination of group 13 ions lowers kinetic barriers to DHP- formation. Taken together, the discussion presented herein illustrates that the NIL chemistry of Al(III), and also of Ga(III) and In(III) holds promise for further developments in catalysis and energy storage.
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- Leo W.
T. Parsons
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Xie ZL, Gupta N, Niklas J, Poluektov OG, Lynch VM, Glusac KD, Mulfort KL. Photochemical charge accumulation in a heteroleptic copper(i)-anthraquinone molecular dyad via proton-coupled electron transfer. Chem Sci 2023; 14:10219-10235. [PMID: 37772110 PMCID: PMC10529959 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc03428c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/30/2023] Open
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Developing efficient photocatalysts that perform multi electron redox reactions is critical to achieving solar energy conversion. One can reach this goal by developing systems which mimic natural photosynthesis and exploit strategies such as proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) to achieve photochemical charge accumulation. We report herein a heteroleptic Cu(i)bis(phenanthroline) complex, Cu-AnQ, featuring a fused phenazine-anthraquinone moiety that photochemically accumulates two electrons in the anthraquinone unit via PCET. Full spectroscopic and electrochemical analyses allowed us to identify the reduced species and revealed that up to three electrons can be accumulated in the phenazine-anthraquinone ring system under electrochemical conditions. Continuous photolysis of Cu-AnQ in the presence of sacrificial electron donor produced doubly reduced monoprotonated photoproduct confirmed unambiguously by X-ray crystallography. Formation of this photoproduct indicates that a PCET process occurred during illumination and two electrons were accumulated in the system. The role of the heteroleptic Cu(i)bis(phenanthroline) moiety participating in the photochemical charge accumulation as a light absorber was evidenced by comparing the photolysis of Cu-AnQ and the free AnQ ligand with less reductive triethylamine as a sacrificial electron donor, in which photogenerated doubly reduced species was observed with Cu-AnQ, but not with the free ligand. The thermodynamic properties of Cu-AnQ were examined by DFT which mapped the probable reaction pathway for photochemical charge accumulation and the capacity for solar energy stored in the process. This study presents a unique system built on earth-abundant transition metal complex to store electrons, and tune the storage of solar energy by the degree of protonation of the electron acceptor.
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- Zhu-Lin Xie
- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory USA
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- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago USA
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- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory USA
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- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory USA
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- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago USA
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- Division of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Argonne National Laboratory USA
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Askins EJ, Zoric MR, Li M, Amine R, Amine K, Curtiss LA, Glusac KD. Triarylmethyl cation redox mediators enhance Li-O 2 battery discharge capacities. Nat Chem 2023; 15:1247-1254. [PMID: 37414882 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01268-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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A major impediment to Li-O2 battery commercialization is the low discharge capacities resulting from electronically insulating Li2O2 film growth on carbon electrodes. Redox mediation offers an effective strategy to drive oxygen chemistry into solution, avoiding surface-mediated Li2O2 film growth and extending discharge lifetimes. As such, the exploration of diverse redox mediator classes can aid the development of molecular design criteria. Here we report a class of triarylmethyl cations that are effective at enhancing discharge capacities up to 35-fold. Surprisingly, we observe that redox mediators with more positive reduction potentials lead to larger discharge capacities because of their improved ability to suppress the surface-mediated reduction pathway. This result provides important structure-property relationships for future improvements in redox-mediated O2/Li2O2 discharge capacities. Furthermore, we applied a chronopotentiometry model to investigate the zones of redox mediator standard reduction potentials and the concentrations needed to achieve efficient redox mediation at a given current density. We expect this analysis to guide future redox mediator exploration.
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- Erik J Askins
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Material Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA.
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Karak P, Mandal SK, Choudhury J. Exploiting the NADP +/NADPH-like Hydride-Transfer Redox Cycle with Bis-Imidazolium-Embedded Heterohelicene for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:17321-17328. [PMID: 37499097 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c04737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Generation of clean energy in a viable manner demands efficient and sustainable catalysts. One prospective method of clean energy generation is the electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction (HER). Over the years, various transition metal-based complexes/polymeric organic materials were utilized in HER. However, the use of a redox-active small organic molecule as a catalyst for HER has not been explored well. The requirements of a strongly acidic solution, very high overpotential, and stability under acidic conditions pose several challenges for applying organic electrocatalysts for HER. Considering these challenges, herein, we demonstrated an NADP+-like organic system (NADP+ = nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate), a bis-imidazolium-fused heterohelicene, which acts as a catalyst for HER with mild acid (acetic acid) as a proton source at moderate overpotential. The unique structural backbone of this dicationic heterohelicene allowed to exploit the NADP+/NADPH-type (NADPH = reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) hydride transfer-based redox cycle efficiently under the applied conditions, where the NADPH-like hydride intermediate transfers the hydride to the proton of the mild acid to generate H2. The Faradaic efficiency and turnover number for the present HER were achieved up to 85 ± 5% and 50 ± 3, respectively. In addition, the maximum turnover frequency, TOFmax, value of 410 s-1 was observed, which is around 400 times that obtained for the existing reported NADP+-like organic compounds used as catalysts for HER. Thorough mechanistic studies were conducted experimentally and computationally to establish a plausible catalytic cycle. This advancement could help in designing efficient organic electrocatalysts for HER from a mild proton source.
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- Pirudhan Karak
- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462 066, India
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- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462 066, India
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- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462 066, India
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Parsons LWT, Berben LA. Metallated dihydropyridinates: prospects in hydride transfer and (electro)catalysis. Chem Sci 2023; 14:8234-8248. [PMID: 37564402 PMCID: PMC10411630 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02080k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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Hydride transfer (HT) is a fundamental step in a wide range of reaction pathways, including those mediated by dihydropyridinates (DHP-s). Coordination of ions directly to the pyridine ring or functional groups stemming therefrom, provides a powerful approach for influencing the electronic structure and in turn HT chemistry. Much of the work in this area is inspired by the chemistry of bioinorganic systems including NADH. Coordination of metal ions to pyridines lowers the electron density in the pyridine ring and lowers the reduction potential: lower-energy reactions and enhanced selectivity are two outcomes from these modifications. Herein, we discuss approaches for the preparation of DHP-metal complexes and selected examples of their reactivity. We suggest further areas in which these metallated DHP-s could be developed and applied in synthesis and catalysis.
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- Leo W T Parsons
- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis CA 95616 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California Davis CA 95616 USA
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Lowe GA. Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors. Beilstein J Org Chem 2023; 19:1198-1215. [PMID: 37592934 PMCID: PMC10428615 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.19.88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023] Open
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This review surveys advances in the literature that impact organic sacrificial electron donor recycling in artificial photosynthesis. Systems for photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction are optimized using sacrificial electron donors. One strategy for coupling carbon dioxide reduction and water oxidation to achieve artificial photosynthesis is to use a redox mediator, or recyclable electron donor. This review highlights photo- and electrochemical methods for recycling amines and NADH analogues that can be used as electron donors in artificial photosynthesis. Important properties of sacrificial donors and recycling strategies are also discussed. Compounds from other fields, such as redox flow batteries and decoupled water splitting research, are introduced as alternative recyclable sacrificial electron donors and their oxidation potentials are compared to the redox potentials of some model photosensitizers. The aim of this review is to act as a reference for researchers developing photocatalytic systems with sacrificial electron donors, and for researchers interested in designing new redox mediator and recyclable electron donor species.
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- Grace A Lowe
- van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA), Science Park 904, Amsterdam, 1098 XH, The Netherlands
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Miyajima R, Ooe Y, Miura T, Ikoma T, Iwamoto H, Takizawa SY, Hasegawa E. Triarylamine-Substituted Benzimidazoliums as Electron Donor-Acceptor Dyad-Type Photocatalysts for Reductive Organic Transformations. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:10236-10248. [PMID: 37127911 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Triarylamine-substituted benzimidazoliums (BI+-PhNAr2), new electron donor-acceptor dyad molecules, were synthesized. Their photocatalytic properties for reductive organic transformations were explored using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, redox potential determinations, density functional theory calculations, transient absorption spectroscopy, and reduction reactions of selected substrates. The results show that irradiation of BI+-PhNAr2 promotes photoinduced intramolecular electron transfer to form a long-lived (∼300 μs) charge shifted state (BI•-PhN•+Ar2). In the pathway for photocatalysis of reduction reactions of substrates, BI•-PhN•+Ar2 is subsequently transformed to the neutral benzimidazolyl radical (BI•-PhNAr2) by single-electron transfer from the donor 1,3-dimethyl-2-phenylbenzimidazoline (BIH-Ph) serving as a cooperative agent. Among the benzimidazoliums explored, the bromo-substituted analogue BI+-PhN(C6H4Br-p)2 in conjunction with BIH-Ph demonstrates the most consistent catalytic performance.
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- Ryo Miyajima
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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Xie W, Xu J, Md Idros U, Katsuhira J, Fuki M, Hayashi M, Yamanaka M, Kobori Y, Matsubara R. Metal-free reduction of CO 2 to formate using a photochemical organohydride-catalyst recycling strategy. Nat Chem 2023:10.1038/s41557-023-01157-6. [PMID: 36959509 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-023-01157-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/25/2023]
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Increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere is a problem that must be urgently resolved if the rise in current global temperatures is to be slowed. Chemically reducing CO2 into compounds that are useful as energy sources and carbon-based materials could be helpful in this regard. However, for the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) to be operational on a global scale, the catalyst system must: use only renewable energy, be built from abundantly available elements and not require high-energy reactants. Although light is an attractive renewable energy source, most existing CO2RR methods use electricity and many of the catalysts used are based on rare heavy metals. Here we present a transition-metal-free catalyst system that uses an organohydride catalyst based on benzimidazoline for the CO2RR that can be regenerated using a carbazole photosensitizer and visible light. The system is capable of producing formate with a turnover number exceeding 8,000 and generates no other reduced products (such as H2 and CO).
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- Weibin Xie
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
- Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Research Center for Smart Molecules, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
- Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan.
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Karak P, Mandal SK, Choudhury J. Bis-Imidazolium-Embedded Heterohelicene: A Regenerable NADP + Cofactor Analogue for Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:7230-7241. [PMID: 36944228 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c12883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
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Biomimetic NAD(P)H-type organic hydride donors have recently been advocated as potential candidates to act as metal-free catalysts for fuel-forming reactions such as the reduction of CO2 to formic acid and methanol, similar to the natural photosynthesis process of fixing CO2 into carbohydrates. Although these artificial synthetic organic hydrides are extensively used in organic reduction chemistry in a stoichiometric manner, translating them into catalysts has been challenging due to problems associated with the regeneration of these hydride species under applied reaction conditions. A recent discovery of the possibility of their regeneration under electrochemical conditions via a proton-coupled electron-transfer pathway triggered intense research to accomplish their catalytic use in electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions (eCO2RR). However, success is yet to be realized to term them as "true" catalysts, as the typical turnover numbers (TONs) of the eCO2RR processes on inert electrodes for the production of formic acid and/or methanol reported so far are still in the order of 10-3-10-2; thus, sub-stoichiometric only! Herein, we report a novel class of structurally engineered heterohelicene-based organic hydride donor with a proof-of-principle demonstration of catalytic electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction showing a significantly improved activity with more than stoichiometric turnover featuring a 100-1000-fold enhancement of the existing TON values. Mechanistic investigations suggested the critical role of the two cationic imidazolium motifs along with the extensive π-conjugation present in the backbone of the heterohelicene molecules in accessing and stabilizing various radical species involved in the generation and transfer of hydride, via multielectron-transfer steps in the electrochemical process.
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- Pirudhan Karak
- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 066, India
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- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 066, India
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- Organometallics & Smart Materials Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, Bhopal 462 066, India
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Ostojić BD, Stanković B, Đorđević DS, Schwerdtfeger P. Light-driven reduction of CO 2: thermodynamics and kinetics of hydride transfer reactions in benzimidazoline derivatives. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:20357-20370. [PMID: 35980288 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02867k] [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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CO2 capture, conversion and storage belong to the holy grail of environmental science. We therefore explore an important photochemical hydride transfer reaction of benzimidazoline derivatives with CO2 in a polar solvent (dimethylsulfoxide) by quantum-chemical methods. While the excited electronic state undergoing hydride transfer to formate (HCOO-) shows a higher reaction path barrier compared to the ground state, a charge-transfer can occur in the near-UV region with nearly barrierless access to the products involving a conical intersection between both electronic states. Such radiationless decay through the hydride transfer reaction and formation of HCCO-via excited electronic states in suitable organic compounds opens the way for future photochemical CO2 reduction. We provide a detailed analysis for the chemical CO2 reduction to the formate anion for 15 different benzimidazoline derivatives in terms of thermodynamic hydricities (ΔGH-), activation free energies (ΔG‡HT), and reaction free energies (ΔGrxn) for the chosen solvent dimethylsulfoxide at the level of density functional theory. The calculated hydricities are in the range from 35.0 to 42.0 kcal mol-1i.e. the species possess strong hydride donor abilities required for the CO2 reduction to formate, characterized by relatively low activation free energies between 18.5 and 22.2 kcal mol-1. The regeneration of the benzimidazoline can be achieved electrochemically.
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- Bojana D Ostojić
- Center of Excellence in Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, Belgrade 11000, Serbia.
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- Faculty of Physical Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 12-16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
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- Center of Excellence in Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Institute for Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, Njegoševa 12, Belgrade 11000, Serbia.
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- Centre for Theoretical Chemistry and Physics (CTCP), The New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study (NZIAS), Massey University, Auckland Campus, Private Bag 102904, North Shore City, 0745 Auckland, New Zealand
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Ilic S, Gesiorski JL, Weerasooriya RB, Glusac KD. Biomimetic Metal-Free Hydride Donor Catalysts for CO 2 Reduction. Acc Chem Res 2022; 55:844-856. [PMID: 35201767 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.1c00708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to fuels and value-added chemicals is of significance for the development of carbon recycling technologies. One of the main challenges associated with catalytic CO2 reduction is product selectivity: the formation of carbon monoxide, molecular hydrogen, formate, methanol, and other products occurs with similar thermodynamic driving forces, making it difficult to selectively reduce CO2 to the target product. Significant scientific effort has been aimed at the development of catalysts that can suppress the undesired hydrogen evolution reaction and direct the reaction toward the selective formation of the desired products, which are easy to handle and store. Inspired by natural photosynthesis, where the CO2 reduction is achieved using NADPH cofactors in the Calvin cycle, we explore biomimetic metal-free hydride donors as catalysts for the selective reduction of CO2 to formate. Here, we outline our recent findings on the thermodynamic and kinetic parameters that control the hydride transfer from metal-free hydrides to CO2. By experimentally measuring and theoretically calculating the thermodynamic hydricities of a range of metal-free hydride donors, we derive structural and electronic factors that affect their hydride-donating abilities. Two dominant factors that contribute to the stronger hydride donors are identified to be (i) the stabilization of the positive charge formed upon HT via aromatization or by the presence of electron-donating groups and (ii) the destabilization of hydride donors through the anomeric effect or in the presence of significant structural constrains in the hydride molecule. Hydride donors with appropriate thermodynamic hydricities were reacted with CO2, and the formation of the formate ion (the first reduction step in CO2 reduction to methanol) was confirmed experimentally, providing an important proof of principle that organocatalytic CO2 reduction is feasible. The kinetics of hydride transfer to CO2 were found to be slow, and the sluggish kinetics were assigned in part to the large self-exchange reorganization energy associated with the organic hydrides in the DMSO solvent. Finally, we outline our approaches to the closure of the catalytic cycle via the electrochemical and photochemical regeneration of the hydride (R-H) from the conjugate hydride acceptors (R+). We illustrate how proton-coupled electron transfer can be efficiently utilized not only to lower the electrochemical potential at which the hydride regeneration takes place but also to suppress the unwanted dimerization that neutral radical intermediates tend to undergo. Overall, this account provides a summary of important milestones achieved in organocatalytic CO2 reduction and provides insights into the future research directions needed for the discovery of inexpensive catalysts for carbon recycling.
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- Stefan Ilic
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Avenue, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Intasian P, Prakinee K, Phintha A, Trisrivirat D, Weeranoppanant N, Wongnate T, Chaiyen P. Enzymes, In Vivo Biocatalysis, and Metabolic Engineering for Enabling a Circular Economy and Sustainability. Chem Rev 2021; 121:10367-10451. [PMID: 34228428 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Since the industrial revolution, the rapid growth and development of global industries have depended largely upon the utilization of coal-derived chemicals, and more recently, the utilization of petroleum-based chemicals. These developments have followed a linear economy model (produce, consume, and dispose). As the world is facing a serious threat from the climate change crisis, a more sustainable solution for manufacturing, i.e., circular economy in which waste from the same or different industries can be used as feedstocks or resources for production offers an attractive industrial/business model. In nature, biological systems, i.e., microorganisms routinely use their enzymes and metabolic pathways to convert organic and inorganic wastes to synthesize biochemicals and energy required for their growth. Therefore, an understanding of how selected enzymes convert biobased feedstocks into special (bio)chemicals serves as an important basis from which to build on for applications in biocatalysis, metabolic engineering, and synthetic biology to enable biobased processes that are greener and cleaner for the environment. This review article highlights the current state of knowledge regarding the enzymatic reactions used in converting biobased wastes (lignocellulosic biomass, sugar, phenolic acid, triglyceride, fatty acid, and glycerol) and greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) into value-added products and discusses the current progress made in their metabolic engineering. The commercial aspects and life cycle assessment of products from enzymatic and metabolic engineering are also discussed. Continued development in the field of metabolic engineering would offer diversified solutions which are sustainable and renewable for manufacturing valuable chemicals.
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- Pattarawan Intasian
- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand.,Department of Biochemistry and Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Burapha University, 169, Long-hard Bangsaen, Saensook, Muang, Chonburi 20131, Thailand
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Wangchan Valley, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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Alkhater MF, Alherz AW, Musgrave CB. Diazaphospholenes as reducing agents: a thermodynamic and electrochemical DFT study. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:17794-17802. [PMID: 34382635 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02193a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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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Diazaphospholenes have emerged as a promising class of metal-free hydride donors and have been implemented as molecular catalysts in several reduction reactions. Recent studies have also verified their radical reactivity as hydrogen atom donors. Experimental quantification of the hydricities and electrochemical properties of this unique class of hydrides has been limited by their sensitivity towards oxidation in open air and moist environments. Here, we implement quantum chemical density functional theory calculations to analyze the electrochemical catalytic cycle of diazaphospholenes in acetonitrile. We report computed hydricities, reduction potentials, pKa values, and bond dissociation free energies (BDFEs) for 64 P-based hydridic catalysts generated by functionalizing 8 main structures with 8 different electron donating/withdrawing groups. Our results demonstrate that a wide range of hydricities (29-66 kcal mol-1) and BDFEs (58-81 kcal mol-1) are attainable by functionalizing diazaphospholenes. Compared to the more common carbon-based hydrides, diazaphospholenes are predicted to require less negative reduction potentials to electrochemically regenerate hydrides with an equivalent hydridic strength, indicating their higher energy efficiency in the tradeoff between thermodynamic ability and reduction potential. We show that the tradeoff between the reducing ability and the energetic cost of regeneration can be optimized by varying the BDFE and the reorganization energy associated with hydride transfer (λHT), where lower BDFE and λHT correspond to more efficient catalysts. Aromatic phosphorus hydrides with predicted BDFEs of ∼62 kcal mol-1 and λHT's of ∼20 kcal mol-1 are found to require less negative reduction potentials than dihydropyridines and benzimidazoles with predicted BDFEs of ∼68 and ∼84 kcal mol-1 and λHT's of ∼40 and ∼50 kcal mol-1, respectively.
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- Mohammed F Alkhater
- Chemical Engineering Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Askins EJ, Zoric MR, Li M, Luo Z, Amine K, Glusac KD. Toward a mechanistic understanding of electrocatalytic nanocarbon. Nat Commun 2021; 12:3288. [PMID: 34078884 PMCID: PMC8172927 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23486-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Electrocatalytic nanocarbon (EN) is a class of material receiving intense interest as a potential replacement for expensive, metal-based electrocatalysts for energy conversion and chemical production applications. The further development of EN will require an intricate knowledge of its catalytic behaviors, however, the true nature of their electrocatalytic activity remains elusive. This review highlights work that contributed valuable knowledge in the elucidation of EN catalytic mechanisms. Experimental evidence from spectroscopic studies and well-defined molecular models, along with the survey of computational studies, is summarized to document our current mechanistic understanding of EN-catalyzed oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen electrochemistry. We hope this review will inspire future development of synthetic methods and in situ spectroscopic tools to make and study well-defined EN structures.
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- Erik J. Askins
- grid.185648.60000 0001 2175 0319Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL USA ,grid.187073.a0000 0001 1939 4845Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL USA
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- grid.185648.60000 0001 2175 0319Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL USA ,grid.187073.a0000 0001 1939 4845Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL USA
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- grid.187073.a0000 0001 1939 4845Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL USA ,grid.46078.3d0000 0000 8644 1405Chemical Engineering Department, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON Canada
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- grid.24515.370000 0004 1937 1450Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- grid.187073.a0000 0001 1939 4845Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL USA ,grid.168010.e0000000419368956Department of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA USA ,grid.411975.f0000 0004 0607 035XInstitute for Research and Medical Consultants (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Al Safa, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- grid.185648.60000 0001 2175 0319Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL USA ,grid.187073.a0000 0001 1939 4845Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL USA
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Weerasooriya RB, Gesiorski JL, Alherz A, Ilic S, Hargenrader GN, Musgrave CB, Glusac KD. Kinetics of Hydride Transfer from Catalytic Metal-Free Hydride Donors to CO 2. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:2306-2311. [PMID: 33651629 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c03662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Selective reduction of CO2 to formate represents an ongoing challenge in photoelectrocatalysis. To provide mechanistic insights, we investigate the kinetics of hydride transfer (HT) from a series of metal-free hydride donors to CO2. The observed dependence of experimental and calculated HT barriers on the thermodynamic driving force was modeled by using the Marcus hydride transfer formalism to obtain the insights into the effect of reorganization energies on the reaction kinetics. Our results indicate that even if the most ideal hydride donor were discovered, the HT to CO2 would exhibit sluggish kinetics (<100 turnovers per second at -0.1 eV driving force), indicating that the conventional HT may not be an appropriate mechanism for solar conversion of CO2 to formate. We propose that the conventional HT mechanism should not be considered for CO2 reduction catalysis and argue that the orthogonal HT mechanism, previously proposed to address thermodynamic limitations of this reaction, may also lead to lower kinetic barriers for CO2 reduction to formate.
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- Ravindra B Weerasooriya
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607, United States
- Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 Cass Ave., Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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Sherbow TJ, Parsons LWT, Phan NA, Fettinger JC, Berben LA. Ligand Conjugation Directs the Formation of a 1,3-Dihydropyridinate Regioisomer. Inorg Chem 2020; 59:17614-17619. [PMID: 33215919 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The selective formation of the 1,4-dihydropyridine isomer of NAD(P)H is mirrored by the selective formation of 1,4-dihydropyridinate ligand-metal complexes in synthetic systems. Here we demonstrate that ligand conjugation can be used to promote selective 1,3-dihydropyridinate formation. This represents an advance toward controlling and tuning the selectivity in dihydropyridinate formation chemistry. The reaction of (I2P2-)Al(THF)Cl [1; I2P = bis(imino)pyridine; THF = tetrahydrofuran] with the one-electron oxidant (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO) afforded (I2P-)Al(TEMPO)Cl (2), which can be reduced with sodium to the twice-reduced ligand complex (I2P2-)Al(TEMPO) (3). Compounds 2 and 3 serve as precursors for high-yielding and selective routes to an aluminum-supported 1,3-dihydropyridinate complex via the reaction of 2 with 3 equiv of potassium metal or the reaction of 3 with KH.
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- Tobias J Sherbow
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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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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Hasegawa E, Tanaka T, Izumiya N, Kiuchi T, Ooe Y, Iwamoto H, Takizawa SY, Murata S. Protocol for Visible-Light-Promoted Desulfonylation Reactions Utilizing Catalytic Benzimidazolium Aryloxide Betaines and Stoichiometric Hydride Donor Reagents. J Org Chem 2020; 85:4344-4353. [PMID: 32073264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c00038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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An unprecedented photocatalytic system consisting of benzimidazolium aryloxide betaines (BI+-ArO-) and stoichiometric hydride reducing reagents was developed for carrying out desulfonylation reactions of N-sulfonyl-indoles, -amides, and -amines, and α-sulfonyl ketones. Measurements of absorption spectra and cyclic voltammograms as well as density functional theory (DFT) calculations were carried out to gain mechanistic information. In the catalytic system, visible-light-activated benzimidazoline aryloxides (BIH-ArO-), generated in situ by hydride reduction of the corresponding betaines BI+-ArO-, donate both an electron and a hydrogen atom to the substrates. A modified protocol was also developed so that a catalytic quantity of more easily prepared hydroxyaryl benzimidazolines (BIH-ArOH) is used along with a stoichiometric hydride donor to promote the photochemical desulfonylation reactions.
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- Eietsu Hasegawa
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 8050 Ikarashi-2, Nishi-ku, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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