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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
Volume 114, Issue 37, Pages 15868-15874Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp106512a
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [20633020]
- Basic Research Program of China [2009CB220009]
- Program for Innovative Research Team of Liaoning Province [2006T025]
- Swedish Energy Agency
- Swedish Research Council
- K & A Wallenberg Foundation
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Hydrogen evolution was observed from the noble-metal-free catalyst systems, comprising Rose Bengal, BFx-bridged cobaloximes, and triethylamine, in an aqueous solution under irradiation of visible light. Two types of BFx-bridged cobaloximes namely, the annulated cobaloximes [Co(dmgBF(2))(2)(H2O)(2)] (1, dmgBF(2) = (difluoroboryl)dimethylglyoximate anion) and [Co(dpgBF(2))(2)(H2O)(2)] (2, dpgBF(2) =(difluoroboryl)diphenylglyoximate anion), and the clathrochelated cobaloximes [Co(dmg(BF)(2/3))(3)](BF4) (3) and [Co(dpg(BF)(2/3))(3)](BF4) (4)-were used as catalysts. Among the four cobalt complexes, complex 1 displayed the highest hydrogen-evolving efficiency, with turnovers up to 327. Complexes 2 and 4 that bear the diphenylglyoximate ligands exhibited much lower efficiencies as compared with their analogues 1 and 3 that have the dimethylglyoximate ligands. The hydrogen-evolving efficiency of the annulated cobalt(II) complex 1 that contains two labile axial ligands is more than three times as high as that of the encapsulated cobalt(III) complex 3 that has a single macrobicyclic ligand. The different pathways for formation of the cobalt(I) species from these two types of cobaloximes are discussed on the basis of the results obtained from fluorescence and laser flash photolysis spectroscopic studies.
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