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Chen JY, Li M, Liao RZ. Mechanistic Insights into Photochemical CO 2 Reduction to CH 4 by a Molecular Iron-Porphyrin Catalyst. Inorg Chem 2023. [PMID: 37279181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Iron tetraphenylporphyrin complex modified with four trimethylammonium groups (Fe-p-TMA) is found to be capable of catalyzing the eight-electron eight-proton reduction of CO2 to CH4 photochemically in acetonitrile. In the present work, density functional theory (DFT) calculations have been performed to investigate the reaction mechanism and to rationalize the product selectivity. Our results revealed that the initial catalyst Fe-p-TMA ([Cl-Fe(III)-LR4]4+, where L = tetraphenylporphyrin ligand with a total charge of -2, and R4 = four trimethylammonium groups with a total charge of +4) undergoes three reduction steps, accompanied by the dissociation of the chloride ion to form [Fe(II)-L••2-R4]2+. [Fe(II)-L••2-R4]2+, bearing a Fe(II) center ferromagnetically coupled with a tetraphenylporphyrin diradical, performs a nucleophilic attack on CO2 to produce the 1η-CO2 adduct [CO2•--Fe(II)-L•-R4]2+. Two intermolecular proton transfer steps then take place at the CO2 moiety of [CO2•--Fe(II)-L•-R4]2+, resulting in the cleavage of the C-O bond and the formation of the critical intermediate [Fe(II)-CO]4+ after releasing a water molecule. Subsequently, [Fe(II)-CO]4+ accepts three electrons and one proton to generate [CHO-Fe(II)-L•-R4]2+, which finally undergoes a successive four-electron-five-proton reduction to produce methane without forming formaldehyde, methanol, or formate. Notably, the redox non-innocent tetraphenylporphyrin ligand was found to play an important role in CO2 reduction since it could accept and transfer electron(s) during catalysis, thus keeping the ferrous ion at a relatively high oxidation state. Hydrogen evolution reaction via the formation of Fe-hydride ([Fe(II)-H]3+) turns out to endure a higher total barrier than the CO2 reduction reaction, therefore providing a reasonable explanation for the origin of the product selectivity.
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- Jia-Yi Chen
- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Material Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage, Ministry of Education, Hubei Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry and Materia Medica, Hubei Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Service Failure, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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Su C, Chen Z, Feng Q, Wei F, Mo A, Huang HH, Hu H, Zou H, Liang F, Liu D. Electronic effects promoted the catalytic activities of binuclear Co(II) complexes for visible-light-driven CO 2 reduction in a water-containing system. Dalton Trans 2023; 52:4548-4553. [PMID: 36924138 DOI: 10.1039/d3dt00054k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Under the action of a catalyst, the photoinduced reduction of CO2 to chemicals and fuels is one of the greenest and environment-friendly approaches for decreasing atmospheric CO2 emissions. Since the environment was affected by the greenhouse effect, scientists have never stopped exploring efficient photoinduced CO2 reduction systems, particularly the highly desired non-noble metal complexes. Most of the currently reported complexes based on non-noble metals exhibit low catalytic activity, selectivity, and stability in aqueous systems under the irradiation of visible light. Herein, we report a new binuclear cobalt complex [Co2(L1)(OAc)2](OAc) (Co2L1, HL1 = 2,6-bis((bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino)methyl)-4-methoxyphenol), which accelerates the visible-light-driven conversion of CO2 to CO in acetonitrile/water (4/1, v/v) nearly 40% more than that for the previously reported [Co2(L2)(OAc)2](OAc) (Co2L2, HL2 = 2, 6-bis((bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)amino)methyl)-4-(tert-butyl)phenol) by our research group. It has an excellent CO selectivity of 98%, and the TONCO is as high as 5920. Experimental results and DFT calculations showed that the enhanced catalytic performance of Co2L1 is due to the electron-donating effect of a methoxy group (-OCH3) in Co2L1 compared to a tertiary butyl group (-C(CH3)3) in Co2L2, which reduces the energy barrier of the rate-limiting CO2 coordination step in the visible-light-driven CO2 reduction process.
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- Chao Su
- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Medicinal Resources, Collaborative Innovation Center for Guangxi Ethnic Medicine, School of Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangxi Normal University, Yucai Road No.15, Guilin 541004, China.
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West MS, Gabbey AL, Huestis MP, Rousseaux SAL. Ni-Catalyzed Reductive Cross-Coupling of Cyclopropylamines and Other Strained Ring NHP Esters with (Hetero)Aryl Halides. Org Lett 2022; 24:8441-8446. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.2c03570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Michael S. West
- Davenport Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Davenport Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Discovery Chemistry, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Davenport Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Lu XB, Li NX, Chen YM, Xu QQ, Yang Z. A novel tetranucleate nickel (II)-based molecular catalytic system: Beneath visible light, highly effective and selective for CO2-to-CO transformation. CATAL COMMUN 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.catcom.2022.106504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Takeda H, Monma Y, Ishitani O. Highly Functional Dinuclear Cu I-Complex Photosensitizers for Photocatalytic CO 2 Reduction. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.1c03336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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- Hiroyuki Takeda
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-NE-1 O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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Xu QQ, Liu R, Mu WH, Chen R, Huang B, Yang Z, Kou JF. Robust nickel, manganese, and iron imidazole carboxylic acid catalysts for efficient visible-light driven reduction of CO2 to CO. INORG CHEM COMMUN 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2020.108269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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