Abstract
NiLi2+ are good electro-catalysts for water oxidation in phosphate or carbonate buffers. The results point out that the active oxidizing agents are L(X)NiIVOH4-(3-n+1)/(2-n+1), where X = PO4Hn(3-n)- or CO3Hn(2-n)- formed from LNiIVX2via a mechanism involving an acid catalyzed O-P or O-C bond heterolysis. Carbonate behaves differently from phosphate as it is a non-innocent ligand and it can be oxidized.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 10774-10779 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Dalton Transactions |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 33 |
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| State | Published - 2017 |