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Tuning Oxygen Reduction Catalysis of Dinuclear Cobalt Polypyridyl Complexes by the Bridging Structure

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INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
卷 60, 期 13, 页码 9402-9415

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00293

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  1. JSPS KAKENHI [20H05116]
  2. JSPS [20K15303]
  3. Iwatani Naoji Foundation
  4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20H05116, 20K15303] Funding Source: KAKEN

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The study focused on investigating chemical and electrochemical 4e(-)-ORR catalyzed by different complexes. Among them, complex 1 showed the highest initial turnover frequency and selectivity for 4e(-)-ORR. Detailed kinetic analyses revealed common rate-determining steps in catalytic cycles of the complexes studied. Through various analyses and reactions, the face-to-face structure of complex 1 with a slightly flexible xanthene was found to be advantageous in enhancing the reaction rate and selectivity for 4e(-)-ORR.
The four-electron oxygen reduction reaction (4e(-)ORR) is the mainstay in chemical energy conversion. Elucidation of factors influencing the catalyst's reaction rate and selectivity is important in the development of more active catalysts of 4e(-)-ORR. In this study, we investigated chemical and electrochemical 4e(-)-ORR catalyzed by Co-2(mu-O-2) complexes bridged by xanthene (1) and anthracene (3) and by a Co-2(OH)(2) complex bridged by anthraquinone (2). In the chemical ORR using Fe(CpMe)(2) as a reductant in acidic PhCN, we found that 1 showed the highest initial turnover frequency (TOFinit = 6.8 x 10(2) s(-1)) and selectivity for 4e(-)-ORR (96%) in three complexes. The detailed kinetic analyses have revealed that the rate-determining steps (RDSs) in the catalytic cycles of 1-3 have the O-2 addition to [Co-2(II)(OH2)(2)](4+) as an intermediate in common. In the only case that complex 1 was used as a catalyst, k(cat) depended on proton concentration because the reaction rate of the O-2 addition to [Co-2(II)(OH2)(2)](4+) was so fast as compared to that of the concerted PCET process of 1. Through X-ray, Raman, and electrochemical analyses and stoichiometric reactions, we found the face-to-face structure of 1 characterized by a slightly flexible xanthene was advantageous in capturing O-2 and stabilizing the Co-2(mu-O-2) structure, thus increasing both the reaction rate and selectivity for 4e(-)-ORR.

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