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INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
Volume 339, Issue -, Pages 224-232Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1693(02)00942-8
Keywords
carbon dioxide; electroreduction; photoactivation; hexaazamacrocyclic complexes; quantum models
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The electrocatalyzed reduction of carbon dioxide was investigated with cobalt(II), nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes of hexaazamacrocycle ligands. The macrocyclic ligands were obtained via the condensation of phenanthroline or bipyridine. The X-ray structure of a triflate derivative was determined and it showed the less common CuN4O2 centrosymmetric octahedral configuration with apically elongated Cu-O bonds. A preference for a neutral, mononuclear, octahedral configuration is exhibited by the planar macrocycle with an extended pi-electron system. Its structure is characterized by shorter Cu-N bonds than those of Cu complexes with saturated macrocycles. The reduction of the complexes has been studied by cyclic voltammetry and UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results show that the metal center in its lower oxidation state, i.e. M(l), is the active site. The metal center is oxidized to M(II) in the presence Of CO2 with the concomitant formation of an adduct between the metal center and M. A further one electron reduction regenerates the catalyst and produces carbon monoxide and/or formic acid. A theoretical model is proposed for a simple mechanism that involves initial coordination of CO2 to the metal center. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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