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Polyamines promote the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to HCOOH catalyzed by a manganese terpyridine dicarbonyl complex

Rui Li,a   Shuanglin He,ac   Fang Huang, ORCID logo *b   Ping Zhang, ORCID logo a   Ying Xiong,a   Rong Zhang,c   Fei Li ORCID logo *c  and  Lin Chen ORCID logo *a  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Material, School of Materials and Chemistry, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, P. R. China
E-mail: chenlin101101@aliyun.com

b College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, P. R. China
E-mail: fanghuang@sdnu.edu.cn

c State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, P. R. China
E-mail: lifei@dlut.edu.cn

Abstract

A series of manganese terpyridine dicarbonyl derivatives (1–5) covalently attached to a proximal polyamine moiety have been prepared. 1,4-Diazepane promotes CO2 reduction to formic acid with noticeably higher rates.

Graphical abstract: Polyamines promote the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to HCOOH catalyzed by a manganese terpyridine dicarbonyl complex

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6CC00279J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Jan 2026
Accepted
13 Feb 2026
First published
19 Feb 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Polyamines promote the electrochemical reduction of CO2 to HCOOH catalyzed by a manganese terpyridine dicarbonyl complex

R. Li, S. He, F. Huang, P. Zhang, Y. Xiong, R. Zhang, F. Li and L. Chen, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6CC00279J

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