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Selective and Efficient Light-Driven CO2 Reduction to CO with a Heptacoordinated Polypyridine Iron(II) Catalyst
ACS Catalysis 14: Early View (2024)
he selective generation of carbon-based products in the presence of proton donors currently represents one of the major goals in the catalysis of the CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR). Within this framework, the iron complex of the 1-([2,2′-bipyridin]-6-yl)-N-([2,2′-bipyridin]-6-ylmethyl)-N-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl) methanamine ligand (DBPy-PyA) turns out to be a selective and efficient catalyst to promote the conversion of CO2 into CO. In the present work, we report a detailed experimental and computational investigation of the CO2RR by this metal complex. Efficient formation of CO (selectivity >90%) was attained under electrochemical conditions (applied potential of −2.0 V vs Fc+/Fc) using trifluoroethanol as the proton donor, which provides the best balance, among those tested, in terms of Lewis and Brønsted acidity. This is indeed instrumental in accelerating CO2 activation while minimizing the parallel generation of hydrogen byproduct. The high activity and selectivity toward CO…
Sensitive quantification of fibroblast activation protein and high-throughput screening for inhibition by FDA-approved compounds
European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 280: 116948 (2024)
Stellar Wind Contribution to the Origin of Water on the Surface of Oxygen-containing Minerals
Astrophysical Journal 975 (1): 25 (2024)
From unbound to bound states: Ab initio molecular dynamics of ammonia clusters with an excess electron
Journal of Chemical Physics 164 (14): 144302 (2024)