title: New powerful and oxidatively rugged dinuclear Ru water oxidation catalyst: control of mechanistic pathways by tailored ligand design.
abstract: A new powerful and oxidatively rugged pyrazolate-based water oxidation catalyst of formula {[Ru(II)(py-SO3)2(H2O)]2(μ-Mebbp)}(-), 1(H2O)2(-), has been prepared and thoroughly characterized spectroscopically and electrochemically. This new catalyst has been conceived based on a specific ligand tailoring design, so that its performance has been systematically improved. It was also demonstrated how subtle ligand modifications cause a change in the O-O bond formation mechanism, thus revealing the close activation energy barriers associated with each pathway.
authors: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Georg-August-University Göttingen , D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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