INOR 85 |
| The selective reduction of oxygen to water requires four electrons and four protons. The design of catalysts that promote oxygen-water interconversion need to manage both electron and proton inventories. Pacman and Hangman porphyrins architectures have proven to be well suited catalysts for such PCET processes, providing a cleft for oxygen binding, a redox shuttle for oxygen reduction and functionality to tune the acid-base properties of bound oxygen and its intermediates. With proper control of the proton-coupled electron transfer events, O—O bond breaking of oxygen, may be achieved with high efficiencies. |
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Young Investigator Symposium
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- 206 A/B, Oral
Division of Inorganic Chemistry |