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Rotundo L, Ahmad S, Cappuccino C, Pearce AJ, Nedzbala H, Bottum SR, Mayer JM, Cahoon JF, Grills DC, Ertem MZ, Manbeck GF. Fast Catalysis at Low Overpotential: Designing Efficient Dicationic Re(bpy 2+)(CO) 3I Electrocatalysts for CO 2 Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:24742-24747. [PMID: 39190866 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c08084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/29/2024]
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We report a series of isomeric, dicationic Re(bpy2+)(CO)3I complexes with bpy (2,2'-bipyridine) modified by two phenyl-CH2-(NMe3)+ pendants with cations located at variable distances from the active site for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction in CH3CN/2.8 M H2O. The position of the cationic groups dramatically increases the rate of catalysis by ∼800-fold, from 1.2 to 950 s-1, with only a minor increase in overpotential. Acceleration is due to stabilization of the initial CO2 adduct and lowering of ΔG‡ for C-OH bond cleavage by Coulombic stabilization of anionic charges. Performance may be enhanced by accumulation in the electrochemical double layer. Transition state stabilization in the optimized isomer unlocks the low overpotential "protonation-first" pathway, highlighting the sizable effects of subtle structural optimization.
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- Laura Rotundo
- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- The Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- The Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- The Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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Trevino RE, Fuller JT, Reid DJ, Laureanti JA, Ginovska B, Linehan JC, Shaw WJ. Understanding the role of negative charge in the scaffold of an artificial enzyme for CO 2 hydrogenation on catalysis. J Biol Inorg Chem 2024; 29:625-638. [PMID: 39207604 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-024-02070-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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We have approached the construction of an artificial enzyme by employing a robust protein scaffold, lactococcal multidrug resistance regulator, LmrR, providing a structured secondary and outer coordination spheres around a molecular rhodium complex, [RhI(PEt2NglyPEt2)2]-. Previously, we demonstrated a 2-3 fold increase in activity for one Rh-LmrR construct by introducing positive charge in the secondary coordination sphere. In this study, a series of variants was made through site-directed mutagenesis where the negative charge is located in the secondary sphere or outer coordination sphere, with additional variants made with increasingly negative charge in the outer coordination sphere while keeping a positive charge in the secondary sphere. Placing a negative charge in the secondary or outer coordination sphere demonstrates decreased activity by a factor of two compared to the wild-type Rh-LmrR. Interestingly, addition of positive charge in the secondary sphere, with the negatively charged outer coordination sphere restores activity. Vibrational and NMR spectroscopy suggest minimal changes to the electronic density at the rhodium center, regardless of inclusion of a negative or positive charge in the secondary sphere, suggesting another mechanism is impacting catalytic activity, explored in the discussion.
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- Regina E Trevino
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MSIN J7-10, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MSIN J7-10, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MSIN J7-10, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MSIN J7-10, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
- Admiral Instruments, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MSIN J7-10, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MSIN J7-10, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, MSIN J7-10, PO Box 999, Richland, WA, 99352, USA.
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Maguire S, Strachan G, Norvaiša K, Donohoe C, Gomes-da-Silva LC, Senge MO. Porphyrin Atropisomerism as a Molecular Engineering Tool in Medicinal Chemistry, Molecular Recognition, Supramolecular Assembly, and Catalysis. Chemistry 2024; 30:e202401559. [PMID: 38787350 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202401559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2024] [Revised: 05/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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Porphyrin atropisomerism, which arises from restricted σ-bond rotation between the macrocycle and a sufficiently bulky substituent, was identified in 1969 by Gottwald and Ullman in 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(o-hydroxyphenyl)porphyrins. Henceforth, an entirely new field has emerged utilizing this transformative tool. This review strives to explain the consequences of atropisomerism in porphyrins, the methods which have been developed for their separation and analysis and present the diverse array of applications. Porphyrins alone possess intriguing properties and a structure which can be easily decorated and molded for a specific function. Therefore, atropisomerism serves as a transformative tool, making it possible to obtain even a specific molecular shape. Atropisomerism has been thoroughly exploited in catalysis and molecular recognition yet presents both challenges and opportunities in medicinal chemistry.
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- Sophie Maguire
- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, D02R590, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, D02R590, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, D02R590, Ireland
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- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, D02R590, Ireland
- CQC, Coimbra Chemistry Centre, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, 3004-535, Portugal
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- School of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, 152-160 Pearse Street, Dublin, D02R590, Ireland
- Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS), Focus Group-Molecular and Interfacial Engineering of Organic Nanosystems, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenberg Str. 2a, 85748, Garching, Germany
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Nishiori D, Menzel JP, Armada N, Reyes Cruz EA, Nannenga BL, Batista VS, Moore GF. Breaking a Molecular Scaling Relationship Using an Iron-Iron Fused Porphyrin Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction. J Am Chem Soc 2024; 146:11622-11633. [PMID: 38639470 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c08586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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The design of efficient electrocatalysts is limited by scaling relationships governing trade-offs between thermodynamic and kinetic performance metrics. This ″iron law″ of electrocatalysis arises from synthetic design strategies, where structural alterations to a catalyst must balance nucleophilic versus electrophilic character. Efforts to circumvent this fundamental impasse have focused on bioinspired applications of extended coordination spheres and charged sites proximal to a catalytic center. Herein, we report evidence for breaking a molecular scaling relationship involving electrocatalysis of the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) by leveraging ligand design. We achieve this using a binuclear catalyst (a diiron porphyrin), featuring a macrocyclic ligand with extended electronic conjugation. This ligand motif delocalizes electrons across the molecular scaffold, improving the catalyst's nucleophilic and electrophilic character. As a result, our binuclear catalyst exhibits low overpotential and high catalytic turnover frequency, breaking the traditional trade-off between these two metrics.
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- Daiki Nishiori
- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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- Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
- Chemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
- Energy Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut 06516, United States
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- School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1604, United States
- Center for Applied Structural Discovery (CASD), The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
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Yanai K, Hada M, Fujii H. Electric field effect of positive and negative charges of substituents on electronic structure and reactivity of oxoiron(IV) porphyrin π-cation radical complex. J Inorg Biochem 2023; 244:112208. [PMID: 37037142 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Electric field effect by the positive and negative changes near the active site is an important factor for controlling the reactivity of metalloenzymes. Previously, we reported that the positive charge of the N-methyl-2-pyridinium cation increases the reactivity of oxoiron(IV) porphyrin π-cation radical complex (Compound I), due to the attractive Coulomb interaction with electrons in Compound I. To further investigate the electric field effect, we study here the effect of the negative charge of the sulfonate group on the electronic structure and reactivity using Compound I of meso-tetrakis(2,4,6-trimethyl-3-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin (TMPS-I). Although Compound I has been known as a very unstable complex, TMPS-I is very stable in 0.1 M acetate buffer at pH = 6. The half-life of TMPS-I is estimated to be 6.9 × 103 s, which is the longest in Compound I previously reported. The redox potential of TMPS-I is estimated to be 0.76 V vs SCE in phosphate buffer, pH = 10. Kinetic analysis with stopped-flow technique indicates TMPS-I is less reactive than Compounds I reported previously. However, 1H NMR and EPR spectra of TMPS-I are very close to those of Compounds I reported previously. The DFT calculations show that the orbital energy of Compound I is drastically altered by the positive and negative charges on the meso-phenyl group, suggesting the electric field effect. The difference of the reactivity of Compound I can be rationalized with the change of the orbital energy caused by the intramolecular electric field effect of the positive and negative charges.
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- Kanae Yanai
- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan.
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Bhunia S, Ghatak A, Rana A, Dey A. Amine Groups in the Second Sphere of Iron Porphyrins Allow for Higher and Selective 4e -/4H + Oxygen Reduction Rates at Lower Overpotentials. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:3812-3825. [PMID: 36744304 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c13552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Iron porphyrins with one or four tertiary amine groups in their second sphere are used to investigate the electrochemical O2 reduction reaction (ORR) in organic (homogeneous) and aqueous (heterogeneous) conditions. Both of these complexes show selective 4e-/4H+ reduction of oxygen to water at rates that are 2-3 orders of magnitude higher than those of iron tetraphenylporphyrin lacking these amines in the second sphere. In organic solvents, these amines get protonated, which leads to the lowering of overpotentials, and the rate of the ORR is enhanced almost 75,000 times relative to rates expected from the established scaling relationship for the ORR by iron porphyrins. In the aqueous medium, the same trend of higher ORR rates at a lower overpotential is observed. In situ resonance Raman data under heterogeneous aqueous conditions show that the presence of one amine group in the second sphere leads to a cleavage of the O-O bond in a FeIII-OOH intermediate as the rate-determining step (rds). The presence of four such amine groups enhances the rate of O-O bond cleavage such that this intermediate is no longer observed during the ORR; rather, the proton-coupled reduction of the FeIII-O2- intermediate with a H/D isotope effect of 10.6 is the rds. These data clearly demonstrate changes in the rds of the electrochemical ORR depending on the nature of second-sphere residues and explain their deviation from linear scaling relationships.
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- Sarmistha Bhunia
- School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal700032, India
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- School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal700032, India
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- School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal700032, India
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- School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal700032, India
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Pattanayak S, Loewen ND, Berben LA. Using Substituted [Fe 4N(CO) 12] - as a Platform To Probe the Effect of Cation and Lewis Acid Location on Redox Potential. Inorg Chem 2023; 62:1919-1925. [PMID: 36006454 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The impact of cationic and Lewis acidic functional groups installed in the primary or secondary coordination sphere (PCS or SCS) of an (electro)catalyst is known to vary depending on the precise positioning of those groups. However, it is difficult to systematically probe the effect of that position. In this report, we probe the effect of the functional group position and identity on the observed reduction potentials (Ep,c) using substituted iron clusters, [Fe4N(CO)11R]n, where R = NO+, PPh2-CH2CH2-9BBN, (MePTA+)2, (MePTA+)4, and H+ and n = 0, -1, +1, or +3 (9-BBN is 9-borabicyclo(3.3.1)nonane; MePTA+ is 1-methyl-1-azonia-3,5-diaza-7-phosphaadamantane). The cationic NO+ and H+ ligands cause anodic shifts of 700 and 320 mV, respectively, in Ep,c relative to unsubstituted [Fe4N(CO)12]-. Infrared absorption band data, νCO, suggests that some of the 700 mV shift by NO+ results from electronic changes to the cluster core. This contrasts with the effects of cationic MePTA+ and H+ which cause primarily electrostatic effects on Ep,c. Lewis acidic 9-BBN in the SCS had almost no effect on Ep,c.
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- Santanu Pattanayak
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Shimoni R, Shi Z, Binyamin S, Yang Y, Liberman I, Ifraemov R, Mukhopadhyay S, Zhang L, Hod I. Electrostatic Secondary-Sphere Interactions That Facilitate Rapid and Selective Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction in a Fe-Porphyrin-Based Metal-Organic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202206085. [PMID: 35674328 PMCID: PMC9401588 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202206085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising platforms for heterogeneous tethering of molecular CO2 reduction electrocatalysts. Yet, to further understand electrocatalytic MOF systems, one also needs to consider their capability to fine-tune the immediate chemical environment of the active site, and thus affect its overall catalytic operation. Here, we show that electrostatic secondary-sphere functionalities enable substantial improvement of CO2 -to-CO conversion activity and selectivity. In situ Raman analysis reveal that immobilization of pendent positively-charged groups adjacent to MOF-residing Fe-porphyrin catalysts, stabilize weakly-bound CO intermediates, allowing their rapid release as catalytic products. Also, by varying the electrolyte's ionic strength, systematic regulation of electrostatic field magnitude was achieved, resulting in essentially 100 % CO selectivity. Thus, this concept provides a sensitive molecular-handle that adjust heterogeneous electrocatalysis on demand.
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- Ran Shimoni
- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer-Sheva8410501Israel
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and PreventionDepartment of Environmental Science & EngineeringFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer-Sheva8410501Israel
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and PreventionDepartment of Environmental Science & EngineeringFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer-Sheva8410501Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer-Sheva8410501Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer-Sheva8410501Israel
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and PreventionDepartment of Environmental Science & EngineeringFudan UniversityShanghai200433China
- Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological SecurityDepartment of Environmental Science & EngineeringShanghai200092China
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- Department of Chemistry and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and TechnologyBen-Gurion University of the NegevBeer-Sheva8410501Israel
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Shimoni R, Shi Z, Binyamin S, Yang Y, Liberman I, Ifraemov R, Mukhopadhyay S, Zhang L, Hod I. Electrostatic Secondary‐Sphere Interactions That Facilitate Rapid and Selective Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction in a Fe‐Porphyrin‐Based Metal‐Organic Framework. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202206085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Ran Shimoni
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Chemistry ISRAEL
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- Fudan University Environmental Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Fudan University Environmental Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Fudan University Environmental Science and Engineering CHINA
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- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Chemistry Ben-Gurion Ave 1 Beer-Sheva ISRAEL
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Weberg AB, Murphy RP, Tomson NC. Oriented internal electrostatic fields: an emerging design element in coordination chemistry and catalysis. Chem Sci 2022; 13:5432-5446. [PMID: 35694353 PMCID: PMC9116365 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc01715f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The power of oriented electrostatic fields (ESFs) to influence chemical bonding and reactivity is a phenomenon of rapidly growing interest. The presence of strong ESFs has recently been implicated as one of the most significant contributors to the activity of select enzymes, wherein alignment of a substrate's changing dipole moment with a strong, local electrostatic field has been shown to be responsible for the majority of the enzymatic rate enhancement. Outside of enzymology, researchers have studied the impacts of "internal" electrostatic fields via the addition of ionic salts to reactions and the incorporation of charged functional groups into organic molecules (both experimentally and computationally), and "externally" via the implementation of bulk fields between electrode plates. Incorporation of charged moieties into homogeneous inorganic complexes to generate internal ESFs represents an area of high potential for novel catalyst design. This field has only begun to materialize within the past 10 years but could be an area of significant impact moving forward, since it provides a means for tuning the properties of molecular complexes via a method that is orthogonal to traditional strategies, thereby providing possibilities for improved catalytic conditions and novel reactivity. In this perspective, we highlight recent developments in this area and offer insights, obtained from our own research, on the challenges and future directions of this emerging field of research.
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- Alexander B Weberg
- R, oy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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- R, oy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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- R, oy and Diana Vagelos Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19104 USA
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Kelty ML, McNeece AJ, Kurutz JW, Filatov AS, Anderson JS. Electrostatic vs. inductive effects in phosphine ligand donor properties and reactivity. Chem Sci 2022; 13:4377-4387. [PMID: 35509471 PMCID: PMC9007067 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc04277g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Enhanced rates and selectivity in enzymes are enabled in part by precisely tuned electric fields within active sites. Analogously, the use of charged groups to leverage electrostatics in molecular systems is a promising strategy to tune reactivity. However, separation of the through space and through bond effects of charged functional groups is a long standing challenge that limits the rational application of electric fields in molecular systems. To address this challenge we developed a method using the phosphorus selenium coupling value (J P-Se) of anionic phosphine selenides to quantify the electrostatic contribution of the borate moiety to donor strength. In this analysis we report the synthesis of a novel anionic phosphine, PPh2CH2BF3K, the corresponding tetraphenyl phosphonium and tetraethyl ammonium selenides [PPh4][SePPh2CH2BF3] and [TEA][SePPh2CH2BF3], and the Rh carbonyl complex [PPh4][Rh(acac)(CO)(PPh2(CH2BF3))]. Solvent-dependent changes in J P-Se were fit using Coulomb's law and support up to an 80% electrostatic contribution to the increase in donor strength of [PPh4][SePPh2CH2BF3] relative to SePPh2Et, while controls with [TEA][SePPh2CH2BF3] exclude convoluting ion pairing effects. Calculations using explicit solvation or point charges effectively replicate the experimental data. This J P-Se method was extended to [PPh4][SePPh2(2-BF3Ph)] and likewise estimates up to a 70% electrostatic contribution to the increase in donor strength relative to SePPh3. The use of PPh2CH2BF3K also accelerates C-F oxidative addition reactivity with Ni(COD)2 by an order of magnitude in comparison to the comparatively donating neutral phosphines PEt3 and PCy3. This enhanced reactivity prompted the investigation of catalytic fluoroarene C-F borylation, with improved yields observed for less fluorinated arenes. These results demonstrate that covalently bound charged functionalities can exert a significant electrostatic influence under common solution phase reaction conditions and experimentally validate theoretical predictions regarding electrostatic effects in reactivity.
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- Margaret L Kelty
- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago 929 E 57th St Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago 929 E 57th St Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago 929 E 57th St Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago 929 E 57th St Chicago IL 60637 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago 929 E 57th St Chicago IL 60637 USA
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Bhunia S, Ghatak A, Dey A. Second Sphere Effects on Oxygen Reduction and Peroxide Activation by Mononuclear Iron Porphyrins and Related Systems. Chem Rev 2022; 122:12370-12426. [PMID: 35404575 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c01021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Activation and reduction of O2 and H2O2 by synthetic and biosynthetic iron porphyrin models have proved to be a versatile platform for evaluating second-sphere effects deemed important in naturally occurring heme active sites. Advances in synthetic techniques have made it possible to install different functional groups around the porphyrin ligand, recreating artificial analogues of the proximal and distal sites encountered in the heme proteins. Using judicious choices of these substituents, several of the elegant second-sphere effects that are proposed to be important in the reactivity of key heme proteins have been evaluated under controlled environments, adding fundamental insight into the roles played by these weak interactions in nature. This review presents a detailed description of these efforts and how these have not only demystified these second-sphere effects but also how the knowledge obtained resulted in functional mimics of these heme enzymes.
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- Sarmistha Bhunia
- School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Science, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A Raja SC Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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Yohanan E, Caspary Toroker M. The effect of interlayer stacking arrangements in two dimensional NiOOH on water oxidation catalysis. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:854-860. [PMID: 34908058 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05383c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Electrolysis of water to produce green and renewable hydrogen fuel is of great interest in the clean energy field. Water molecules can be decomposed to hydrogen and oxygen through catalysis. Catalytic materials under electrochemical operation are subject to harsh chemical environments, and as a result mechanical changes may appear in the material. In two dimensional materials, the weak van der Waals (vdW) forces holding the layers together may cause a change in the stacking order of the material. The big challenge is to understand the effect of the interlayer arrangements of two dimensional materials on their catalytic performance. In this research we use Density Functional Theory in order to explore the catalytic performance of β-NiOOH, a two dimensional material that is one of the best known catalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER), under different displacements. Our results indicate that changes in the structural stacking of NiOOH could affect the catalytic properties of the system. Particularly, we find that small shifts between the layers enhance the OER activity by reducing the overpotential down to 240 [mV] due to the formation of an unstable state and the formation of new vdW bonds between the layers. The potential ability to lower the overpotential of NiOOH could give exceptional results in increasing the efficiency of the OER.
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- Eitan Yohanan
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel. .,The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy program, Haifa, Israel
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Saund SS, Siegler MA, Thoi VS. Electrochemical Degradation of a Dicationic Rhenium Complex via Hoffman-Type Elimination. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:13011-13020. [PMID: 34492759 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c01427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) by transition-metal catalysts is an attractive means for storing renewably sourced electricity in chemical bonds. Metal coordination compounds represent highly tunable platforms ideal for studying the fundamental stepwise transformations of CO2 into its reduced products. However, metal complexes can decompose upon extended electrolysis and form chemically distinct molecular species or, in some cases, catalytically active electrode deposits. Deciphering the degradative pathways is important for understanding the nature of the active catalyst and designing robust metal complexes for small-molecule activation. Herein, we present a new dicationic rhenium bipyridyl complex capable of multielectron ligand-centered reductions electrochemically. Our in-depth experimental and computational study provides mechanistic insight into an unusual reductively induced Hoffman-type elimination. We identify benzylic tertiary ammonium groups as an electrolytically susceptible moiety and propose key intermediates in the degradative pathway. This investigation highlights the complex interplay between the ligand and metal ion and will guide the future design of metal-organic catalysts.
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- Simran S Saund
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.,Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Li Y, Wang N, Lei H, Li X, Zheng H, Wang H, Zhang W, Cao R. Bioinspired N4-metallomacrocycles for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction reaction. Coord Chem Rev 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2021.213996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Martin DJ, Mayer JM. Oriented Electrostatic Effects on O 2 and CO 2 Reduction by a Polycationic Iron Porphyrin. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:11423-11434. [PMID: 34292718 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c03132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Next-generation energy technologies require improved methods for rapid and efficient chemical-to-electrical energy transformations. One new approach has been to include atomically positioned, electrostatic motifs in molecular catalysts to stabilize high-energy, charged intermediates. For example, an iron porphyrin bearing four cationic, o-N,N,N-trimethylanilinium groups (o-[N(CH3)3]+) has recently been used to catalyze the complex, multistep O2 and CO2 reduction reactions (ORR and CO2RR) with fast rates and at low overpotentials. The success of this catalyst is attributed, at least in part, to specific charge-charge interactions between the atomically positioned o-[N(CH3)3]+ groups and the bound substrate. However, by nature of the mono-ortho substitution pattern, there are four possible atropisomers of this metalloporphyrin and thus four unique electrostatic environments. This work reports that each of the four individual atropisomers catalyzes both the ORR and CO2RR with fast rates and low overpotentials. The maximum turnover frequencies vary among the atropisomers, by a factor of 60 for the ORR and a factor of 5 for CO2RR. For the ORR, the αβαβ isomer is the fastest and has the highest overpotential, while for the CO2RR the αααα isomer is the fastest and has the highest overpotential. The role of charge positioning is complex and can affect more than a single step such as CO2 binding. These data offer a first-of-a-kind perspective on atomically positioned charge and highlight the significance of high charge density, rather than orientation, on the thermodynamics and kinetics of multistep molecular electrochemical transformations.
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- Daniel J Martin
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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Suzuki Y, Hada M, Fujii H. Synthesis, characterization, and reactivity of oxoiron(IV) porphyrin π-cation radical complexes bearing cationic N-methyl-2-pyridinium group. J Inorg Biochem 2021; 223:111542. [PMID: 34293682 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Electronic charge near the active site is an important factor for controlling the reactivity of metalloenzymes. Here, to investigate the effect of the cationic charge near the heme in heme proteins, we synthesized new iron porphyrin complexes (1 and 2) having cationic 3-methyl-N-methyl-2-pyrdinium group and N-methyl-2-pyridinium group at one of the four meso-positions, respectively. The N-methyl-2-pyridinium groups could be introduced by Stille coupling used palladium catalysts. Oxoiron(IV) porphyrin π-cation radical complexes (Compound I) of 1 (1-CompI) and 2 (2-CompI) are soluble in most organic solvents, allowing direct comparison of their electronic structure and reactivity with Compound I of tetramesitylporphyrin (3-CompI) and tetrakis-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)porphyrin (4-CompI) under the same conditions. Spectroscopic data for 1-CompI are close to those for 3-CompI, but the redox potential for 1-CompI is close to that of 4-CompI. Kinetic analysis of the epoxidation reactions shows that 1-CompI and 2-CompI are (~250-fold) more reactive than 3-CompI, and comparable to 4-CompI. DFT calculations allow to propose that the positive shift of the redox potential and the enhanced reactivity of 1-CompI and 2-CompI is induced by the intramolecular electric field effect of N-methyl-2-pyridinium cation, not by the electron-withdrawing effect.
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- Yuna Suzuki
- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji 192-0397, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women's University, Nara 630-8506, Japan.
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Loewen ND, Pattanayak S, Herber R, Fettinger JC, Berben LA. Quantification of the Electrostatic Effect on Redox Potential by Positive Charges in a Catalyst Microenvironment. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:3066-3073. [PMID: 33750139 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Charged functional groups in the secondary coordination sphere (SCS) of a heterogeneous nanoparticle or homogeneous electrocatalyst are of growing interest due to enhancements in reactivity that derive from specific interactions that stabilize substrate binding or charged intermediates. At the same time, accurate benchmarking of electrocatalyst systems most often depends on the development of linear free-energy scaling relationships. However, the thermodynamic axis in those kinetic-thermodynamic correlations is most often obtained by a direct electrochemical measurement of the catalyst redox potential and might be influenced by electrostatic effects of a charged SCS. In this report, we systematically probe positive charges in a SCS and their electrostatic contributions to the electrocatalyst redox potential. A series of 11 iron carbonyl clusters modified with charged and uncharged ligands was probed, and a linear correlation between the νCO absorption band energy and electrochemical redox potentials is observed except where the SCS is positively charged.
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- Natalia D Loewen
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616, United States
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Martin DJ, Mercado BQ, Mayer JM. All Four Atropisomers of Iron Tetra(o-N,N,N-trimethylanilinium)porphyrin in Both the Ferric and Ferrous States. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:5240-5251. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Daniel J. Martin
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8107, United States
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Massie AA, Schremmer C, Rüter I, Dechert S, Siewert I, Meyer F. Selective Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction to CO by an NHC-Based Organometallic Heme Analogue. ACS Catal 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c04518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Allyssa A. Massie
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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