title: Highly active and robust Cp* iridium complexes for catalytic water oxidation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Yale University, P.O. Box 208107, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hull
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Balcells
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Blakemore
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Incarvito
authors.forename: Odile
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Eisenstein
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Brudvig
authors.forename: Robert H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Crabtree
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D008024:Ligands; D011725:Pyridines; D014867:Water; C051224:methyl radical; D007495:Iridium; C023666:pyridine; D008697:Methane