A tridentate Ni pincer for aqueous electrocatalytic hydrogen production

Authors: 
Oana R. Luca, Steven J. Konezny, James D. Blakemore, Dominic M. Colosi, Shubhro Saha, Gary W. Brudvig, Victor S. Batista, and Robert H. Crabtree
Name of the Journal: 
New J. Chem.
Year of Publication: 
2012
Date of Publication: 
March 19, 2012
Volume: 
36
Issue: 
5
Pages: 
1149-1152
Publisher: 
The Royal Society of Chemistry
Abstract: 

A NiII complex with a redox-active pincer ligand reduces protons at a low overpotential in aqueous acidic conditions. A combined experimental and computational study provides mechanistic insights into a putative catalytic cycle.

DOI link: 
10.1039/C2NJ20912H