Highly active and robust Cp* iridium complexes for catalytic water oxidation.
A series of Cp*Ir catalysts are the most active known by over an order of magnitude for water oxidation with Ce(IV). DFT calculations support a Cp*Ir=O complex as an active species.
Hull
Jonathan F
JF
Chemistry Department, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
Balcells
David
D
Blakemore
James D
JD
Incarvito
Christopher D
CD
Eisenstein
Odile
O
Brudvig
Gary W
GW
Crabtree
Robert H
RH
D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D007495:Iridium / Q000737:chemistry*; D008024:Ligands; D008697:Methane / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
D008024:Ligands; D011725:Pyridines; D014867:Water; C051224:methyl radical; D007495:Iridium; C023666:pyridine; D008697:Methane