Electrocatalytic reduction of dioxygen to water by tren-capped porphyrins, functional models of cytochrome c oxidase

Bernard Boitrel (1) , David Ricard (1) , Andrioletti Bruno (1) , Maurice L'Her (2)

1 LSEO - Laboratoire de synthèse et d'électrosynthèse organométallique [Dijon]
2 CEMCA - Chimie, Electrochimie Moléculaires et Chimie Analytique

Two different tren-capped porphyrins—in which the two metals, iron and copper, are more or less off-centered—are shown to be efficient catalysts for the reduction of O2 to H2O; surprisingly, their iron-only complexes are shown to be even more effective 4e- catalysts when adsorbed on a graphite electrode.

Domains: Chemical Sciences

Bernard Boitrel, David Ricard, Andrioletti Bruno, Maurice L'Her. Electrocatalytic reduction of dioxygen to water by tren-capped porphyrins, functional models of cytochrome c oxidase. Chemical Communications, 1999, 16, pp.1523-1524. ⟨hal-01469599⟩