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