Countercations and Solvent Influence CO2 Reduction to Oxalate by Chalcogen-Bridged Tricopper Cyclophanates

Autor: Gianna N. Di Francesco, Khalil A. Abboud, Leslie J. Murray, Brian J. Cook
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140:5696-5700
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b02508
Popis: One-electron reduction of Cu3EL (L3– = tris(β-diketiminate)cyclophane, and E = S, Se) affords [Cu3EL]−, which reacts with CO2 to yield exclusively C2O42– (95% yield, TON = 24) and regenerate Cu3EL. Stopped-flow UV/visible data support an A→B mechanism under pseudo-first-order conditions (kobs, 298K = 115(2) s–1), which is 106 larger than those for reported copper complexes. The kobs values are dependent on the countercation and solvent (e.g., kobs is greater for [K(18-crown-6)]+ vs (Ph3P)2N+, and there is a 20-fold decrease in kobs in THF vs DMF). Our results suggest a mechanism in which cations and solvent influence the stability of the transition state.
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