title: Competitive (13)C and (18)O kinetic isotope effects on CO2 reduction catalyzed by Re(bpy)(CO)3Cl.
abstract: Competitive (13)C and (18)O kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) on CO2 reduction catalyzed by Re(bpy)(CO)3Cl () under photocatalytic conditions and using Na(Hg) amalgam as a sacrificial reducing agent are reported. The analysis of the measured KIEs rules out the outer-sphere electron transfer mechanism and indicates that CO2 binding to the reduced rhenium complex is the rate determining step in the reduction of CO2 by under these conditions.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, 55 North Eagleville Rd., Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA. alfredo.angeles-boza@uconn.edu.
authors: Taylor W
authors: TW
authors: Schneider
authors: Alfredo M
authors: AM
authors: Angeles-Boza