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TY - JOUR
T1 - Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen
AU - Child, Simon
AU - Raychev, Radoslav
AU - Moss, Nathan
AU - Howchen, Benjamin
AU - Horton, Peter N.
AU - Prior, Christopher
AU - Oganesyan, Vasily
AU - Fielden, John
PY - 2019/7/14
Y1 - 2019/7/14
N2 - Two new cobalt bis-iminopyridines, [Co(DDP)(H2O)2](NO3)2 (1, DDP = cis-[1,3-bis(2-pyridinylenamine)] cyclohexane) and [Co(cis-DDOP)(NO3)](NO3) (2, cis-DDOP = cis-3,5-bis[(2- Pyridinyleneamin]-trans-hydroxycyclohexane) electrocatalyse the 4-proton, 4-electron reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine. For 1, this reduction occurs in preference to reduction of protons to H2. A coordinating hydroxyl proton relay in 2 reduces the yield of ethylamine and biases the catalytic system back towards H2.
AB - Two new cobalt bis-iminopyridines, [Co(DDP)(H2O)2](NO3)2 (1, DDP = cis-[1,3-bis(2-pyridinylenamine)] cyclohexane) and [Co(cis-DDOP)(NO3)](NO3) (2, cis-DDOP = cis-3,5-bis[(2- Pyridinyleneamin]-trans-hydroxycyclohexane) electrocatalyse the 4-proton, 4-electron reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine. For 1, this reduction occurs in preference to reduction of protons to H2. A coordinating hydroxyl proton relay in 2 reduces the yield of ethylamine and biases the catalytic system back towards H2.
U2 - 10.1039/c9dt00773c
DO - 10.1039/c9dt00773c
M3 - Journal article
VL - 48
SP - 9576
EP - 9580
JO - Dalton Transactions
JF - Dalton Transactions
SN - 1477-9226
IS - 26
ER -