How a [Co<sup>IV</sup>${^{\underline{.....}}}$O]<sup>2+</sup> Fragment Oxidizes Water: Involvement of a Biradicaloid [Co<sup>II</sup>–(⋅O⋅)]<sup>2+</sup> Species in Forming the OO Bond
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Abstract
The mechanism of water oxidation performed by a recently discovered cobalt complex [Co(Py5)(OH2)](ClO4)2 (1; Py5=2,6-(bis(bis-2-pyridyl)-methoxymethane)pyridine) was examined using quantum chemical models based on density functional theory. The computer models were first benchmarked against the experimental cyclic voltammetry data to identify the catalytically competent resting state of the catalyst, which was thought to contain a Co(IV) -oxyl complex. The electronic structure calculations suggest that the low-spin doublet state is energetically most favorable, but the catalytically most active species is the intermediate-spin quartet complex that is almost isoenergetic with the doublet state. The electronic structure of the quartet state shows significant spin polarization on the terminal oxygen atom, which is consistent with an intramolecular electron transfer from the oxygen to the metal. Based on the calculated spin densities, the formally [Co(IV) a bond and a half O] can be viewed as a biradicaloid [Co(II)-(⋅O⋅)](2+), that is, a cobalt-oxene moiety. This electronic structure is reminiscent of many other systems where similar electronic patterns were proposed to be responsible for the oxidative reactivity. In this context, this first-row transition-metal system constitutes a logical extension, because the oxyl-radical character is maximized by using the more easily accessible high-spin configurations in which two half-filled Co-dπ orbitals can work in concert to maximize the oxyl-radical character to ultimately afford a new reactive intermediate that can be characterized as carrying a biradicaloid oxene moiety with a formal oxidation state of zero. This conceptual proposal for the catalytically active species provides a plausible rationale for the remarkable oxidative reactivity.
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| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.002 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.003 | 0.002 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.000 |
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