Consecutive Ligand-Based Electron Transfer in New Molecular Copper-Based Water Oxidation Catalysts.

ABSTRACT: Water oxidation to dioxygen is one of the key reactions that need to be mastered for the design of practical devices based on water splitting with sunlight. In this context, water oxidation catalysts based on first-row transition metal complexes are highly desirable due to their low cost and their synthetic versatility and tunability through rational ligand design. A new family of dianionic bpy-amidate ligands of general formula H₂ LN^n- (LN is [2,2'-bipyridine]-6,6'-dicarboxamide) substituted with phenyl or naphthyl redox non-innocent moieties is described. A detailed electrochemical analysis of [(L4)Cu]^2- (L4=4,4'-(([2,2'-bipyridine]-6,6'-dicarbonyl)bis(azanediyl))dibenzenesulfonate) at pH 11.6 shows the presence of a large electrocatalytic wave for water

SUBMITTER: Gil-Sepulcre M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456863 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature