cis,cis-[(bpy)RuO]O Catalyzes Water Oxidation Formally via in Situ Generation of Radicaloid Ru—O•.

The mechanism of the catalytic oxidation of water by cis,cis-[(bpy)2Ru(OH)] to give molecular dioxygen was investigated using Density Functional Theory (DFT). A series of four oxidation and four deprotonation events generate the catalytically competent species cis,cis-[(bpy)RuO]O, which breaks the H...

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Publicado en:Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 128; no. 23; pp. 7476 - 7486
Autores principales: Xiaofan Yang, Mu-Hyun Baik
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: American Chemical Society 6/14/2006
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          Xiaofan Yang
          Mu-Hyun Baik
        affil: Contribution from the Department of Chemistry and School of Informatics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
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        Oxidation
        Density functionals
        Chemical bonds
        Oxidation-reduction reaction
        Protons
        Charge transfer
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          Oxidation
          Density functionals
          Chemical bonds
          Oxidation-reduction reaction
          Protons
          Charge transfer
      ab: The mechanism of the catalytic oxidation of water by cis,cis-[(bpy)2Ru(OH)] to give molecular dioxygen was investigated using Density Functional Theory (DFT). A series of four oxidation and four deprotonation events generate the catalytically competent species cis,cis-[(bpy)RuO]O, which breaks the H-OH bond homolytically at the rate determining transition state to give a hydroperoxo intermediate. Our calculations predict a rate determining activation barrier of 25.9 kcal/mol in solution phase, which is in reasonable agreement with the previously reported experimental estimate of 18.7-23.3 kcal/mol. A number of plausible coupling schemes of the two metal sites including strong coupling, weak ferromagnetic and weak antiferromagnetic coupling have been considered. In addition, both high-spin and low-spin states at each of the Ru(V)-a centers were explored and we found that the high-spin states play an important mechanistic role. Our calculations suggest that cis,cis-[(bpy)2RuO]2O performs formally an intramolecular ligand-to-metal charge transfer when reacting with water to formally give a cis,cis-[(bpy)RuO.]2O complex. We propose that the key characteristic of the diruthenium catalyst that allows it to accomplish the most difficult first two oxidations of the overall four-electron redox reaction is directly associated with this in situ generation of two radicaloid oxo moieties that promote the water splitting reaction. A proton coupled metal-to-metal charge transfer follows to yield a Ru(V)/Ru(III) peroxo/aqua mixed valence complex, which performs the third redox reaction to give the superoxo/aqua complex. Finally, intersystem crossing to a ferromagnetically coupled Ru(IV)/Ru(lll) superoxo/aqua species is predicted, which will then promote the last redox event to release triplet dioxygen as the final product. A number of key features of the computed mechanism are explored in detail to derive a conceptual understanding of the catalytic mechanism.
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