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An electrochemical investigation of intermediates and processes involved in the catalyticreduction of dinitrogen by [HIPTN3N]Mo (HIPTN3N = (3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3NCH2CH2)3N)†
Thiruvengadam Munisamy,Richard R. Schrock
Dalton Transactions Pub Date : 10/27/2011 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C1DT11287B
Abstract

The redox properties of [HIPTN3N]Mo complexes (where HIPTN3N = (3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3NCH2CH2)3N) involved in the catalytic dinitrogen reduction cycle were studied using cyclic voltammetry in fluorobenzene with Bu4NPF6 as the electrolyte. MoN2 (Mo = [HIPTN3N]Mo, E1/2 = −1.96 V vs. Fc+/Fc at a Pt electrode), Mo≡N (E1/2 = −2.68 V vs. Fc+/Fc (Pt)), and [Mo(NH3)]BAr′4 (Ar′ = 3,5-(CF3)2C6H3, E1/2 = −1.53 V vs. Fc+/Fc (Pt)) each undergo a chemically reversible one-electron reduction, while [Mo[double bond, length as m-dash]NNH2]BAr′4 (E1/2 = −1.50 V vs. Fc+/Fc (Pt)) and [Mo[double bond, length as m-dash]NH]BAr′4 (E1/2 = −1.26 V vs. Fc+/Fc (Pt)) each undergo a one-electron reduction with partial chemical reversibility. The acid employed in the catalytic reduction, [2,4,6-collidinium]BAr′4, reduces irreversibly at −1.11 V vs. Fc+/Fc at Pt and at −2.10 V vs. Fc+/Fc at a glassy carbon electrode. The reduction peak potentials of the Mo complexes shift in the presence of acids. For example, the reduction peak for MoN2 in the presence of [2,4,6-collidinium]BAr′4 at a glassy carbon electrode shifts positively by 130 mV. The shift in reduction potential is explained in terms of reversible hydrogen bonding and/or protonation at a nitrogen site in Mo complexes. The significance of productive and unproductive proton-coupled electron transfer reactions in the catalytic dinitrogen reduction cycle is discussed.

Graphical abstract: An electrochemical investigation of intermediates and processes involved in the catalytic reduction of dinitrogen by [HIPTN3N]Mo (HIPTN3N = (3,5-(2,4,6-i-Pr3C6H2)2C6H3NCH2CH2)3N)
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