Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO by polypyridyl ruthenium complexes

Zuofeng Chen; Chuncheng Chen; David R. Weinberg; Peng Kang; Javier J. Concepcion; Daniel P. Harrison; Maurice S. Brookhart; Thomas J. Meyer

doi:10.1039/C1CC15071E

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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to CO by polypyridyl ruthenium complexes†‡

Zuofeng Chen,^a Chuncheng Chen,^a David R. Weinberg,^a Peng Kang,^a Javier J. Concepcion,^a Daniel P. Harrison,^a Maurice S. Brookhart^a and Thomas J. Meyer*^a

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^a Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
E-mail: tjmeyer@unc.edu

Abstract

Electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ by [Ru(tpy)(bpy)(solvent)]²⁺ (tpy = 2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine, bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine) and its structural analogs is initiated by sequential 1e⁻reductions at the tpy and bpy ligands followed by rate limiting CO₂ addition to give a metallocarboxylate intermediate. It undergoes further reduction and loss of CO.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC15071E
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 15 Aug 2011
Accepted: 30 Sep 2011
First published: 14 Oct 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 12607-12609

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Electrocatalytic reduction of CO₂ to CO by polypyridyl ruthenium complexes

Z. Chen, C. Chen, D. R. Weinberg, P. Kang, J. J. Concepcion, D. P. Harrison, M. S. Brookhart and T. J. Meyer, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 12607 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC15071E

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