Cobaloximes as functional models for hydrogenases. 2. Proton electroreduction catalyzed by difluoroborylbis(dimethylglyoximato)cobalt(II) complexes in organic media |
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Authors: | Baffert Carole Artero Vincent Fontecave Marc |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Joseph Fourier, CNRS, UMR 5249, and CEA, DSV/iRT SV/LCBM, 38054 Grenoble, France. |
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Abstract: | Cobaloximes are effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and thus functional models for hydrogenases. Among them, difluoroboryl-bridged complexes appear both to mediate proton electroreduction with low overpotentials and to be quite stable in acidic conditions. We report here a mechanistic study of Co(dmgBF2)2L] (dmg2- = dimethylglyoximato dianion; L = CH3CN or N,N-dimethylformamide) catalyzed proton electroreduction in organic solvents. Depending on the applied potential and the strength of the acid used, three different pathways for hydrogen production were identified and a unified mechanistic scheme involving cobalt(II) or cobalt(III) hydride species is proposed. As far as working potential and turnover frequency are concerned, Co(dmgBF2)2(CH3CN)2], in the presence of p-cyanoanilinium cation in acetonitrile, is one of the best synthetic catalysts of the first-row transition-metal series for hydrogen evolution. |
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