title: Selective electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 to formate by water-stable iridium dihydride pincer complexes.
abstract: Iridium dihydride complexes supported by PCP-type pincer ligands rapidly insert CO(2) to yield κ(2)-formate monohydride products in THF. In acetonitrile/water mixtures, these complexes become efficient and selective catalysts for electrocatalytic reduction of CO(2) to formate. Electrochemical and NMR spectroscopic studies have provided mechanistic details and structures of key intermediates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Zuofeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cynthia K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Schauer
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Maurice
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brookhart