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The premise of most studies on the homogeneous electrocatalytic CO reduction reaction (CORR) is a good understanding of the reaction mechanisms. Yet, analyzing the reaction intermediates formed at the working electrode is challenging and not always attainable. Here, we present a new, general approach to studying the reaction intermediates applied for CORR catalyzed by a series of cobalt complexes.
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April 2024
Copper nitrenoids are key intermediates in copper-catalyzed direct C-H amination reactions. Further development of this important reaction relies on knowing the properties and reactivity of the nitrenoid intermediates. This work utilizes antenna ligands to form copper nitrenoid complexes and monitor the consecutive C-H amination reactions under well-defined single-molecule conditions in the gas phase.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCobalt(III)peroxo complexes serve as model metal complexes mediating oxygen activation. We report a systematic study of the effect of hydrogen bonding on the O binding energy and the O-O bond activation within the cobalt(III)peroxo complexes. To this end, we prepared a series of tris(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amine-based cobalt(III)peroxo complexes having either none, one, two, or three amino groups in the secondary coordination sphere.
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