The cobalt corrole catalyzed hydrogen evolution reaction: surprising electronic effects and characterization of key reaction intermediates.
A surprising effect of halide substituents on reduction potentials and catalytic activity of halogenated cobalt corroles has been deduced by experimental and computational methods; the proton-activating cobalt(I) and the cobalt(II) corrole that is formed in the step during which hydrogen is formed are characterized by NMR spectroscopy.
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel. chr10zg@tx.technion.ac.il.
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