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Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: Evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen

Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: Evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen
Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: Evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen

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.

1477-9226
9576-9580
Child, Simon N.
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Raychev, Radoslav
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Moss, Nathan
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Howchen, Benjamin
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Horton, Peter N.
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Oganesyan, Vasily S.
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Fielden, John
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Moss, Nathan
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Howchen, Benjamin
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Horton, Peter N.
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Prior, Christopher C.
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Oganesyan, Vasily S.
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Fielden, John
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Child, Simon N., Raychev, Radoslav, Moss, Nathan, Howchen, Benjamin, Horton, Peter N., Prior, Christopher C., Oganesyan, Vasily S. and Fielden, John (2019) Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: Evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen. Dalton Transactions, 48 (26), 9576-9580. (doi:10.1039/c9dt00773c).

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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.

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Accepted/In Press date: 8 May 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 June 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 432861
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/432861
ISSN: 1477-9226
PURE UUID: 5ef29997-62cd-43ef-899e-b4f160f0be3d
ORCID for Peter N. Horton: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-2016

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Date deposited: 31 Jul 2019 16:30
Last modified: 18 Mar 2024 02:51

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Author: Simon N. Child
Author: Radoslav Raychev
Author: Nathan Moss
Author: Benjamin Howchen
Author: Peter N. Horton ORCID iD
Author: Christopher C. Prior
Author: Vasily S. Oganesyan
Author: John Fielden

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