Cobaloximes as Functional Models for Hydrogenases. 2. Proton Electroreduction Catalyzed by Difluoroborylbis(dimethylglyoximato)cobalt(II) Complexes in Organic Media
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- 2 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Inorganic Chemistry
- Vol. 46 (5) , 1817-1824
- https://doi.org/10.1021/ic061625m
Abstract
Cobaloximes are effective electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution and thus functional models for hydrogenases. Among them, difluoroboryl-bridged complexes appear both to mediate proton electroreduction with low overpotentials and to be quite stable in acidic conditions. We report here a mechanistic study of [Co(dmgBF2)2L] (dmg2- = dimethylglyoximato dianion; L = CH3CN or N,N-dimethylformamide) catalyzed proton electroreduction in organic solvents. Depending on the applied potential and the strength of the acid used, three different pathways for hydrogen production were identified and a unified mechanistic scheme involving cobalt(II) or cobalt(III) hydride species is proposed. As far as working potential and turnover frequency are concerned, [Co(dmgBF2)2(CH3CN)2], in the presence of p-cyanoanilinium cation in acetonitrile, is one of the best synthetic catalysts of the first-row transition-metal series for hydrogen evolution.Keywords
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