Issue 26, 2019

Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen

Abstract

Two new cobalt bis-iminopyridines, [Co(DDP)(H2O)2](NO3)2 (1, DDP = cis-[1,3-bis(2-pyridinylenamine)] cyclohexane) and [Co(cis-DDOP)(NO3)](NO3) (2, cis-DDOP = cis-3,5-bis[(2-Pyridinyleneamin]-trans-hydroxycyclohexane) electrocatalyse the 4-proton, 4-electron reduction of acetonitrile to ethylamine. For 1, this reduction occurs in preference to reduction of protons to H2. A coordinating hydroxyl proton relay in 2 reduces the yield of ethylamine and biases the catalytic system back towards H2.

Graphical abstract: Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Feb 2019
Accepted
08 May 2019
First published
11 Jun 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 9576-9580

Cobalt-based molecular electrocatalysis of nitrile reduction: evolving sustainability beyond hydrogen

S. N. Child, R. Raychev, N. Moss, B. Howchen, P. N. Horton, C. C. Prior, V. S. Oganesyan and J. Fielden, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 9576 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00773C

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