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Highly Active and Robust Cp* Iridium Complexes for Catalytic Water Oxidation

Jonathan F. Hull, David Balcells, James D. Blakemore, Christopher D. Incarvito, Odile Eisenstein, Gary W. Brudvig, Robert H. Crabtree

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2009 · 591 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

A series of Cp*Ir catalysts are the most active known by over an order of magnitude for water oxidation with Ce(IV). DFT calculations support a Cp*Ir=O complex as an active species.

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