RUTHENIUM FORMYL COMPLEXES AS THE BRANCH POINT IN 2-ELECTRON AND MULTIELECTRON REDUCTIONS OF CO2

Authors
TOYOHARA K NAGAO H MIZUKAWA T TANAKA K
Citation
K. Toyohara et al., RUTHENIUM FORMYL COMPLEXES AS THE BRANCH POINT IN 2-ELECTRON AND MULTIELECTRON REDUCTIONS OF CO2, Inorganic chemistry, 34(22), 1995, pp. 5399
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Inorganic chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00201669
Volume
34
Issue
22
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1669(1995)34:22<5399:RFCATB>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Both [Ru(bpy)(2)(CO)(CHO)](+) and [Ru(bpy)(trpy)(CHO)](+) (bpy = 2,2'- bipyridine; trpy = 2,2':6',2 ''-terpyridine) were characterized. The l atter is a key intermediate in four- and six-electron reductions of CO 2 producing HCHO, CH3OH, HOOCCHO, and HOOCCH2OH. The reactivity of the se formyl complexes toward CO2 reveals a new pathway of HCOOH formatio n in electrochemical CO2 reduction.