Ligand-Centered Electrochemical Processes Enable CO2 Reduction with a Nickel Bis(triazapentadienyl) Complex
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Abstract
We report the synthesis of Ni(TAPPy) 2 (TAPPy = 1,3,5-triazapentadienyl-2,4-bis(2-pyridyl)) and its reactivity with CO 2 under reducing conditions. Electrochemical reduction of Ni(TAPPy) 2 under inert gas reveals that the complex accommodates up to two additional electrons, with DFT calculations indicating that electron density is delocalized almost exclusively onto the TAPPy ligand framework. The singly reduced product [K(crypt)][Ni(TAPPy) 2 ] (crypt = 2.2.2-cryptand) has been synthesized, and its EPR data is consistent with having ligand-based radical anion character. Controlled potential electrolysis experiments reveal that reduced Ni(TAPPy) 2 converts CO 2 to form CO; however, spectroscopic and computational data indicate that deactivation readily occurs to form Ni(L)(CO) n compounds, CO 3 2- , and carboxylated (RCOO - ) ligand decomposition products. This study highlights that redox activity at the ligand can play an important role during the reduction of CO 2 using transition metal complexes.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.001 |
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