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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 134, Issue 13, Pages 5974-5984Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja3004914
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- Academy of Finland [133261]
- European Cost Action [D36/007/06]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [133261, 133261] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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Oxygen reduction catalyzed by cofacial metalloporphyrins at the 1,2-dichlorobenzene-water interface was studied with two lipophilic electron donors of similar driving force, 1,1'-dimethylferrocene (DMFc) and tetrathiafulvalene (TTF). The reaction produces mainly water and some hydrogen peroxide, but the mediator has a significant effect on the selectivity, as DMFc and the porphyrins themselves catalyze the decomposition and the further reduction of hydrogen peroxide. Density functional theory calculations indicate that the biscobaltporphyrin, 4,5-bis[5-(2,8,13,17-tetraethyl-3,7,12,18-tetramethylporphyrinyl)]-9,9-dimethylxanthene, Co-2(DPX), actually catalyzes oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide when oxygen is bound on the exo side (dock-on) of the catalyst, while four-electron reduction takes place with oxygen bound on the endo side (dock-in) of the molecule. These results can be explained by a dock-on/dock-in mechanism. The next step for improving bioinspired oxygen reduction catalysts would be blocking the dock-on path to achieve selective four-electron reduction of molecular oxygen.
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