EPR detection and characterisation of a paramagnetic Mo(iii) dihydride intermediate involved in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Issue 6 (14th January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Prior, Christopher; Webster, Lee R.; Ibrahim, Saad K.; Wright, Joseph A.; Alghamdi, Ali F.; Oganesyan, Vasily S.; Pickett, Christopher J.
• Is Part Of: Dalton transactions. Volume 45:Issue 6(2016)
• Page Start: 2399
• Page End: 2403
• Publication Date: 2016-01-14
• Subjects: Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical -- Periodicals; Chemistry, Inorganic -- Periodicals; 546.05
• DOI: 10.1039/c5dt04432d
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1477-9226

Abstract

Abstract : EPR spectroscopy and theoretical data show that the slow heterogeneous electron-transfer kinetics associated with the reduction of an 18-electron Mo(iv ) acetato dihydride are a consequence of an η 2 –η 1 rearrangement of the carboxylate ligand which gives a unique paramagnetic 17-electron Mo(iii ) dihydride. Abstract : EPR spectroscopy and theoretical data show that the slow heterogeneous electron-transfer kinetics associated with the reduction of an 18-electron Mo(iv ) acetato dihydride are a consequence of an η 2 –η 1 rearrangement of the carboxylate ligand which gives a unique paramagnetic 17-electron Mo(iii ) dihydride.