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Chemical Communications

Thermodynamics-inspired identification of privileged organocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions†

Yu-Shan Zhang,a   Bing Zhong,a   Likun Dong,a   Jin-Dong Yang ORCID logo *ac  and  Jin-Pei Chengabc  

* Corresponding authors

a Center of Basic Molecular Science (CBMS), Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
E-mail: jdyang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

b State Key Laboratory of Elemento-organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China

c Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China

Abstract

The 7π-aromaticity observed in N-heterocyclic phosphinyl radicals (NHP˙) can offset the energy penalty associated with the disruption of 6π-aromaticity in NHP cations. This property endows NHP hydrides with facile regeneration, rendering NHP privileged organocatalysts for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reactions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC00164A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
10 Jan 2025
Accepted
10 Feb 2025
First published
10 Feb 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025,61, 4062-4065

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Thermodynamics-inspired identification of privileged organocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reactions

Y. Zhang, B. Zhong, L. Dong, J. Yang and J. Cheng, Chem. Commun., 2025, 61, 4062 DOI: 10.1039/D5CC00164A

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