Issue 22, 2017

Oxygen reduction catalyzed by a water-soluble binuclear copper(ii) complex from a neutral aqueous solution

Abstract

A water-soluble binuclear CuII complex, synthesized using a polypyridine–polyamide ligand, was able to catalyze oxygen reduction to water from neutral aqueous solutions. Electrocatalytic results suggested that one CuII center was first reduced by one electron to form a CuIICuI species, which reacted with O2 to give a superoxide radical intermediate.

Graphical abstract: Oxygen reduction catalyzed by a water-soluble binuclear copper(ii) complex from a neutral aqueous solution

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Nov 2016
Accepted
11 Feb 2017
First published
13 Feb 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 3189-3192

Oxygen reduction catalyzed by a water-soluble binuclear copper(II) complex from a neutral aqueous solution

C. Liu, H. Lei, Z. Zhang, F. Chen and R. Cao, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 3189 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC09206C

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