Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation with α-[Fe(mcp)(OTf)₂] and Analogues.

ABSTRACT: The complex α-[Fe(mcp)(OTf)₂] (mcp = N,N'-dimethyl-N,N'-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine and OTf = trifluoromethanesulfonate anion) was reported in 2011 by some of us as an active water oxidation (WO) catalyst in the presence of sacrificial oxidants. However, because chemical oxidants are likely to take part in the reaction mechanism, mechanistic electrochemical studies are critical in establishing to what extent previous studies with sacrificial reagents have actually been meaningful. In this study, the complex α-[Fe(mcp)(OTf)₂] and its analogues were investigated electrochemically under both acidic and neutral conditions. All the systems under investigation proved to be electrochemically active toward the WO reaction, with

SUBMITTER: D'Agostini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8016111 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature