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Swati Basak1,2, Pranjal Das1,2, Hemrupa Kuilya1
1Department of Chemistry, B. Borooah College, Guwahati 781007, Assam, India. apurbakalitabbc@gmail.com.
Abstract:
The electrocatalytic water oxidation activity of an unsymmetrical dicopper complex, 1, [Cu2(L1H)(L1)2(OH2)](ClO4)2, with a redox active imidazole-aldoxime ligand, L1H [L1H = N-hydroxo(4-methyl-imidazol-5-yl)methanimine], has been investigated. Complex 1 exhibits a turnover frequency of ∼302 s-1 in neutral phosphate buffer at about 473 mV overpotential with ∼94% faradaic efficiency. Electrochemical analysis suggests that the ligand moiety participates in a proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) step during the catalytic cycle, enabling the complex to accumulate high oxidizing equivalents at the reaction center. Additionally, the asymmetric bridging mode of the oxime ligands promotes bimetallic cooperative catalysis in complex 1.
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