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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 141, Issue 20, Pages 8244-8253Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02011
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- Labex arcane [ANR-11-LABX-003]
- Agence National de la Recherche
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, NiFeMim [ANR-16-CE92_0012_01, DFG Me1313/14-1]
- COST Action via the STSM [CM1305, 34962]
- China Scholarship Council
- Conacyt Mexico
- CBS-EUR-GS [ANR-17-EURE-003]
- investissement d'avenir [ANR-15-IDEX-02]
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In the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) domain, the investigation of new homogeneous catalysts is a crucial step toward the full comprehension of the key structural and/or electronic factors that control catalytic efficiency and selectivity. Herein, we report a unique non-heme diiron complex that can act as a homogeneous ORR catalyst in acetonitrile solution. This iron(II) thiolate dinuclear complex, [Fe-2(II)(LS)(LSH)] ([Fe-2(SH)](+)) (LS2- = 2,2'-(2,2'-bipyridine-6,6'-diyl)bis(1,1-diphenylethanethiolate)) contains a thiol group in the metal coordination sphere. [Fe-2(SH)](+) is an efficient ORR catalyst both in the presence of a one-electron reducing agent and under electrochemically assisted conditions. However, its selectivity is dependent on the electron delivery pathway; in particular, the process is selective for H2O2 production under chemical conditions (up to similar to 95%), whereas H2O is the main product during electrocatalysis (less than similar to 10% H2O2). Based on computational work alongside the experimental data, a mechanistic proposal is discussed that rationalizes the selective and tunable reduction of dioxygen.
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