A Tailor-Made Molecular Ruthenium Catalyst for the Oxidation of Water and Its Deactivation through Poisoning by Carbon Monoxide

• Published in: Angewandte Chemie International Edition Vol. 52; no. 15; pp. 4189 - 4193
• Main Authors: Kärkäs, Markus D., Åkermark, Torbjörn, Chen, Hong, Sun, Junliang, Åkermark, Björn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 08.04.2013; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Edition: International ed. in English
• Subjects: Analogies; Carbon monoxide; Carbon Monoxide - chemistry; Catalysis; Catalysts; Deactivation; energy conversion; homogeneous catalysis; Ligands; Organic Chemistry; organisk kemi; Organometallic Compounds - chemistry; Oxidation; oxidation of water; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxygen - chemistry; oxygen evolution; Ruthenium; Ruthenium - chemistry; Water - chemistry

No CO‐operation: Two single‐site ruthenium complexes, based on a tetradentate ligand, despite structural similarities, display a remarkable difference in their catalytic and chemical behavior (see picture). The fact that the CO‐containing complex is formed in the catalytic oxidation of water suggest...