LL Co complexes

Iron(O) tetraphenylporphyrin is also a catalyst of the electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to carbon monoxide in DMF electrolytes [29-31]. Under CO, the catalyst is, however, rapidly destroyed by either carboxylation or hydrogenation of the porphyrin ring. The mechanism proceeds through coordination of CO2 to Fe(0). At low temperature (-40°C), a second CO2 molecule adds to the first-coordinated one in an acid-base reaction fashion. This is followed by the cleavage of a C—O bond of the first-coordinated CO2 molecule and concomitant formation of the Fe(II)CO complex and a carbonate anion. After reduction of the Fe(ll)CO complex by the Fe(0) complex, CO is... 

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