Vishwanath S Mane, A. Kumbhar, R. Thummel
Oct 3, 2017
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Dalton transactions
Abstract
A mononuclear ruthenium complex [Ru(tpy)(bpg)H2O]2+ bearing a bipyridine glycoluril where bpg = 4b,5,7,7a-tetrahydro-4b,7a-nepiminomethanoimino-6H-imidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthro-line-6,13-dione acts as a robust water oxidation catalyst (WOC) at pH = 1 using Ce(iv) as a sacrificial oxidant. The turn over number (TON) for water oxidation is found to be ∼5 times higher than the parent complex [Ru(tpy)(bpy)H2O]2+ where tpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine; bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine. The presence of intermolecular H-bonding groups and the electronic effect of the functionalized bipyridine ligand may play a significant role in water oxidation.