Lense, Sheri published the artcileEffects of Tuning Intramolecular Proton Acidity on CO2 Reduction by Mn Bipyridyl Species, Application In Synthesis of 127972-00-3, the main research area is hydroxyphenylbipyridyl manganese carbonyl complex preparation electrochem reduction carbon monoxide; crystal structure hydroxyphenylbipyridyl manganese carbonyl complex; mol structure hydroxyphenylbipyridyl manganese carbonyl complex.
To understand the effect of intramol. proton acidity on CO2 reduction by Mn-bipyridyl species, three fac-Mn(CO)3 bipyridine complexes containing intramol. phenol groups of varying acidity were synthesized and electrochem., spectroscopic, and computational studies were performed. While the phenol group acidity has minimal influence on the metal center, the complex containing a fluoro-substituted (more acidic) phenol, MnBr(F-HOPh-bpy)(CO)3, exhibits a decreased catalytic to peak current ratio following the 2nd reduction compared to the complexes with unsubstituted or Me-substituted phenol groups (MnBr(HOPh-bpy)(CO)3 and MnBr(Me-HOPh-bpy)(CO)3, resp.). A 2nd process is also present in the catalytic wave for MnBr(F-HOPh-bpy)(CO)3. Also, MnBr(F-HOPh-bpy)(CO)3 exhibits decreased CO2 production and increased H2 production compared to MnBr(HOPh-bpy)(CO)3. Spectroelectrochem. under an inert atm. in the presence of H2O shows that following the 1st reduction, for both MnBr(F-HOPh-bpy)(CO)3 and MnBr(HOPh-bpy)(CO)3 the major product is a phenoxide-coordinated fac-(CO)3 species formed from reductive deprotonation and the minor product is a 6-coordinate Mn(I)-hydride. For both species, the major species following the 2nd reduction is the 5-coordinate anion believed to be the active catalyst for CO2 reduction, but the Mn(I) hydride persists as a minor species. The IR assignments are supported by theor. calculations Changes to the acidity of an intramol. substituent can have significant effects on catalytic performance and product selectivity of Mn(CO)3 bipyridine catalysts despite having minimal effect on the metal center, with a more acidic intramol. substituent increasing H2 production at the expense of CO2 reduction
Organometallics published new progress about Crystal structure. 127972-00-3 belongs to class ethers-buliding-blocks, name is 2-Methoxy-5-methylphenylboronic acid, and the molecular formula is C8H11BO3, Application In Synthesis of 127972-00-3.
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