Issue 29, 2015

Electrocatalytic water oxidation by CuII complexes with branched peptides

Abstract

Two mononuclear CuII complexes with tetrapeptides incorporating a L-2,3-diaminopropionic acid (dap) branching unit are reported to undergo PCET and catalyse water oxidation. C-terminal His extension of dap (L = 2GH) instead of Gly (L = 3G) lowers the pKa for CuIIIH−2L (9.36 vs. 9.98) and improves the TOF at pH 11 (53 vs. 24 s−1).

Graphical abstract: Electrocatalytic water oxidation by CuII complexes with branched peptides

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
31 Jan 2015
Accepted
03 Mar 2015
First published
03 Mar 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 6322-6324

Author version available

Electrocatalytic water oxidation by CuII complexes with branched peptides

J. S. Pap, Ł. Szyrwiel, D. Srankó, Z. Kerner, B. Setner, Z. Szewczuk and W. Malinka, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 6322 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00926J

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