Issue 45, 2010

Hydrogenoxidation catalysis by a nickel diphosphine complex with pendant tert-butyl amines

Abstract

A bis-diphosphine nickel complex with tert-butyl functionalized pendant amines [Ni(PCy2Nt-Bu2)2]2+ has been synthesized. It is a highly active electrocatalyst for the oxidation of hydrogen in the presence of base. The turnover rate of 50 s−1 under 1.0 atm H2 at a potential of −0.77 V vs. the ferrocene couple is 5 times faster than the rate reported heretofore for any other synthetic molecular H2 oxidation catalyst.

Graphical abstract: Hydrogen oxidation catalysis by a nickel diphosphine complex with pendant tert-butyl amines

  • This article is part of the themed collection: Hydrogen

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Aug 2010
Accepted
21 Sep 2010
First published
11 Oct 2010

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 8618-8620

Hydrogen oxidation catalysis by a nickel diphosphine complex with pendant tert-butyl amines

J. Y. Yang, S. Chen, W. G. Dougherty, W. S. Kassel, R. M. Bullock, D. L. DuBois, S. Raugei, R. Rousseau, M. Dupuis and M. R. DuBois, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 8618 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC03246H

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