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Synthesis of Hydrido-Iridium(III) Complexes from a Trifluoromethanesulphonato Intermediate
Sullivan, B. Patrick,Meyer, Thomas J.
, p. 403 - 405 (1984)
The versatile new precursor to bis-2,2'-bipyridine complexes of IrIII, cis-III(bpy)2(OSO2CF3)2> (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine), has been isolated and used for the preparation of the new hydrido complexes of IrIII, cis-2 and cis-, and for an improved, high-yield synthesis of 3.
Electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide by 2,2′-bipyridine complexes of rhodium and iridium
Bolinger, C. Mark,Story, Nicole,Sullivan, B. Patrick,Meyer, Thomas J.
, p. 4582 - 4587 (2008/10/08)
Preparative studies on the complexes cis-[M(bpy)2Cl2]+ have led to the isolation of cis-[M(bpy)2(TFMS)2]+ (M is RhIII or IrIII; bpy is 2,2′-bipyridine; TFMS is the trifluoromethanesulfonate anion). The triflate complexes are reactive precursors that provide routes to new complexes such as cis-[Ir(bpy)2H2]+ and are electrocatalysts for the reduction of CO2. Electrocatalytic studies on cis-[Rh(bpy)2X2]+ (X is Cl or TFMS) show that in the presence of CO2 up to 80% of the current efficiency at an applied potential of -1.55 V (versus SSCE) in CH3CN at a carbon-cloth electrode can be accounted for by the production of formate. The source of the formate proton is apparently the supporting electrolyte, [(n-Bu)4N](PF6), via the Hofmann degradation.
