Mechanistic Insights into Homogeneous Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by High-Spin Ni(II) Complexes with S2 N2 -Type Tetradentate Ligands

Inorganic Chemistry
Dachao HongTakahiko Kojima

Abstract

We report homogeneous electrocatalytic and photocatalytic H2 evolution using two Ni(II) complexes with S2N2-type tetradentate ligands bearing two different sizes of chelate rings as catalysts. A Ni(II) complex with a five-membered SC2S-Ni chelate ring (1) exhibited higher activity than that with a six-membered SC3S-Ni chelate ring (2) in both electrocatalytic and photocatalytic H2 evolution despite both complexes showing the same reduction potentials. A stepwise reduction of the Ni center from Ni(II) to Ni(0) was observed in the electrochemical measurements; the first reduction is a pure electron transfer reaction to form a Ni(I) complex as confirmed by electron spin resonance measurements, and the second is a 1e-/1H+ proton-coupled electron transfer reaction to afford a putative Ni(II)-hydrido (NiII-H) species. We also clarified that Ni(II) complexes can act as homogeneous catalysts in the electrocatalytic H2 evolution, in which complex 1 exhibited higher reactivity than that of 2. In the photocatalytic system using [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as a photosensitizer and sodium ascorbate as a reductant, complex 1 with the five-membered chelate ring also showed higher catalytic activity than that of 2 with the six-membered chelate ring, although...Continue Reading

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