Nickel                  N-heterocyclic carbene–pyridine complexes that exhibit selectivity for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide over water

V. Sara Thoi; Christopher J. Chang

doi:10.1039/C1CC10449G

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Nickel N-heterocyclic carbene–pyridine complexes that exhibit selectivity for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide over water†

V. Sara Thoi^ab and Christopher J. Chang*^ab

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^a Department of Chemistry and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
E-mail: chrischang@berkeley.edu
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^b Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA

Abstract

We report a homologous series of nickel(II) complexes supported by N-heterocyclic carbene–pyridine (^Rbimpy, R = Me, Et, Pr) ligands that exhibit high selectivity for reducing carbon dioxide over water under electrocatalytic conditions.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC10449G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 23 Jan 2011
Accepted: 19 Apr 2011
First published: 10 May 2011

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Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 6578-6580

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Nickel N-heterocyclic carbene–pyridine complexes that exhibit selectivity for electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide over water

V. S. Thoi and C. J. Chang, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 6578 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC10449G

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