Issue 69, 2021

Self-assembled nickel cubanes as oxygen evolution catalysts

Abstract

Ni4O4 cubanes [(μ3-L1O)NiCl(MeOH)]4 (1) and [(μ3-L2O)NiCl(H2O)]4 (2) (L1OH = 1-H-2-benzimidazolylmethanol, L2OH = 1-methyl-2-benzimidazolylmethanol) self-assemble from commercially available 1-H- and 1-methyl-2-benzimidazolylmethanol and NiCl2·6H2O in high yields under mild conditions. Both complexes were characterised spectroscopically and by X-ray crystallography. The cubanes oxidise water electrocatalytically to dioxygen at neutral pH in aqueous potassium phosphate buffer solutions.

Graphical abstract: Self-assembled nickel cubanes as oxygen evolution catalysts

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jun 2021
Accepted
02 Aug 2021
First published
02 Aug 2021

Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 8608-8611

Self-assembled nickel cubanes as oxygen evolution catalysts

A. C. García-Álvarez, S. Gamboa-Ramírez, D. Martínez-Otero, M. Orio and I. Castillo, Chem. Commun., 2021, 57, 8608 DOI: 10.1039/D1CC03227E

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