In the presence of moderately strong acids in CH3CN, cobalt complexes with BF2-bridged diglyoxime ligands are active catalysts for the reduction of protons to H2 at potentials as positive as −0.28 V vs. SCE.
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Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by cobalt difluoroboryl-diglyoximate complexes
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Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Laboratories of Chemical Synthesis, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
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Chem. Commun., 2005, 4723-4725
DOI: 10.1039/B509188H
Received 28 Jun 2005, Accepted 29 Jul 2005
First published online 23 Aug 2005
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