Water oxidation catalyzed by molecular di- and nonanuclear Fe complexes: importance of a proper ligand framework.
The synthesis of two molecular iron complexes, a dinuclear iron(iii,iii) complex and a nonanuclear iron complex, based on the dinucleating ligand 2,2'-(2-hydroxy-5-methyl-1,3-phenylene)bis(1H-benzo[d]imidazole-4-carboxylic acid) is described. The two iron complexes were found to drive the oxidation of water by the one-electron oxidant [Ru(bpy)3](3+).
Inorganic Chemistry Research Group, Chemical Physics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden.
Biswanath
B
Das
Bao-Lin
BL
Lee
Erik A
EA
Karlsson
Torbjörn
T
Åkermark
Andrey
A
Shatskiy
Serhiy
S
Demeshko
Rong-Zhen
RZ
Liao
Tanja M
TM
Laine
Matti
M
Haukka
Erica
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Zeglio
Ahmed F
AF
Abdel-Magied
Per E M
PE
Siegbahn
Franc
F
Meyer
Markus D
MD
Kärkäs
Eric V
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Johnston
Ebbe
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Nordlander
Björn
B
Åkermark