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Photoinduced water oxidation catalyzed by a double-helical dicobalt(ii) sexipyridine complex

  • Man Chen
  • , Siu-Mui Ng
  • , Shek-Man Yiu
  • , Kai-Chung Lau
  • , Raymond J. Zeng
  • , Tai-Chu Lau

    Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review

    Abstract

    A double-helical dicobalt(ii) complex [Co2(spy)2](ClO4)4 (spy = 2,2′:6′,2″:6″,2⌄:6⌄,2′:6′,2′′-sexipyridine) (1) is found to catalyze visible light-induced water oxidation by [Ru(bpy)3]2+/Na2S2O8, with a maximum turnover number of 442. Several lines of evidence suggest that 1 functions as a molecular catalyst and does not produce any CoOx in water oxidation. This journal is
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)14956-14959
    JournalChemical Communications
    Volume50
    Issue number95
    Online published10 Oct 2014
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2014

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