Cover Picture: A Dinuclear Cobalt Cryptate as a Homogeneous Photocatalyst for Highly Selective and Efficient Visible‐Light Driven CO2 Reduction to CO in CH3CN/H2O Solution (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 3/2017). Issue 3 (21st December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ouyang, Ting; Huang, Hai‐Hua; Wang, Jia‐Wei; Zhong, Di‐Chang; Lu, Tong‐Bu
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 56:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 657
• Page End: 657
• Publication Date: 2016-12-21
• Subjects: CO2 reduction -- DFT calculations -- cobalt complex -- homogeneous photocatalyst -- synergistic catalysis; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201612064
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Synergistic catalytic effects aid the photocatalytic reduction of CO2 to CO by a dinuclear cobalt cryptate complex in CH3 CN/H2 O solution. In their Communication on page 738 ff., D. C. Zhong, T. B. Lu, and co‐workers demonstrate that one Co II unit serves as a catalytic center and the other Co II unit acts as an assistant catalytic site to facilitate the cleavage of the C−O bond of the O=C−OH intermediate, thus leading to a higher catalytic activity than for the corresponding mononuclear Co II complex.