Enantioselective electrochemical carbon-chloride bond cleavage of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) catalyzed by Mn (III) Cl-phthalocyanine
- Wen, Junxia, Yu, Baoqui, Huang, Tingting, Mack, John, Wildervanck, Martijn, Nyokong, Tebello, Li, Minzhi, Zhu, Weihua, Liang, Xu
- Authors: Wen, Junxia , Yu, Baoqui , Huang, Tingting , Mack, John , Wildervanck, Martijn , Nyokong, Tebello , Li, Minzhi , Zhu, Weihua , Liang, Xu
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/189252 , vital:44831 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.09.020"
- Description: A lipophilic and electron-rich metallophthalocyanine Mn(III)Cl(α,α′-n-OC5H11)8Pc has been synthesized and characterized. A series of electrochemical experiments demonstrate that the Mn(III)Cl(α,α′-n-OC5H11)8Pc complex can be used as a catalyst for highly efficient carbon-chloride bond cleavage of environmental toxic hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) through electrochemical catalysis, and that the increased catalytic efficiency is related to the enantiomeric carbon-chloride σ-bond of HCHs.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Wen, Junxia , Yu, Baoqui , Huang, Tingting , Mack, John , Wildervanck, Martijn , Nyokong, Tebello , Li, Minzhi , Zhu, Weihua , Liang, Xu
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/189252 , vital:44831 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jelechem.2017.09.020"
- Description: A lipophilic and electron-rich metallophthalocyanine Mn(III)Cl(α,α′-n-OC5H11)8Pc has been synthesized and characterized. A series of electrochemical experiments demonstrate that the Mn(III)Cl(α,α′-n-OC5H11)8Pc complex can be used as a catalyst for highly efficient carbon-chloride bond cleavage of environmental toxic hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) through electrochemical catalysis, and that the increased catalytic efficiency is related to the enantiomeric carbon-chloride σ-bond of HCHs.
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- Date Issued: 2017
Highly efficient CCl bond cleavage and unprecedented CC bond cleavage of environmentally toxic DDT through molecular electrochemical catalysis
- Liang, Xu, Huang, Tingting, Li, Minzhi, Mack, John, Wildervanck, Martijn, Nyokong, Tebello, Zhu, Weihua
- Authors: Liang, Xu , Huang, Tingting , Li, Minzhi , Mack, John , Wildervanck, Martijn , Nyokong, Tebello , Zhu, Weihua
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188921 , vital:44798 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2017.07.026"
- Description: The electrocatalytic properties of a Co(II)octaalkoxyphthalocyanine complex (Co(II)Pc) with eight strongly electron-donating substituents provide the first example of the complete dechlorination of DDT through molecular electrocatalysis, rather than the use of metal electrodes which had been achieved previously. Interaction with a highly nucleophilic [Co(I)Pc]2− species results in rapid cleavage of the C(sp3) Cl, C(sp2) Cl and aromatic C(sp2) Cl bonds. Bis(p-chlorophenyl)methanone (BPCl2) is detected in high yield along with its full dechlorination product, diphenylmethanone (BP) and the conventional C Cl bond cleavage products, due to an unprecedented C C bond cleavage reaction that is followed by the formation of a C−O bond. Theoretical calculations are used to analyze trends in the electronic structure of the Co(II)octaalkoxyphthalocyanine complex that account for the efficiency of the C Cl bond cleavage reactions, and the reaction process and mechanism are analyzed in depth.
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- Date Issued: 2017
- Authors: Liang, Xu , Huang, Tingting , Li, Minzhi , Mack, John , Wildervanck, Martijn , Nyokong, Tebello , Zhu, Weihua
- Date: 2017
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/188921 , vital:44798 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2017.07.026"
- Description: The electrocatalytic properties of a Co(II)octaalkoxyphthalocyanine complex (Co(II)Pc) with eight strongly electron-donating substituents provide the first example of the complete dechlorination of DDT through molecular electrocatalysis, rather than the use of metal electrodes which had been achieved previously. Interaction with a highly nucleophilic [Co(I)Pc]2− species results in rapid cleavage of the C(sp3) Cl, C(sp2) Cl and aromatic C(sp2) Cl bonds. Bis(p-chlorophenyl)methanone (BPCl2) is detected in high yield along with its full dechlorination product, diphenylmethanone (BP) and the conventional C Cl bond cleavage products, due to an unprecedented C C bond cleavage reaction that is followed by the formation of a C−O bond. Theoretical calculations are used to analyze trends in the electronic structure of the Co(II)octaalkoxyphthalocyanine complex that account for the efficiency of the C Cl bond cleavage reactions, and the reaction process and mechanism are analyzed in depth.
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- Date Issued: 2017
Spectroscopic investigations and theoretical calculations of DABCO induced xanthene bridged self-assembled zinc (II) porphyrin dimer
- Xu, Li, Huang, Tingting, Liang, Xu, Mack, John, Harris, Jessica, Nyokong, Tebello, Li, Minzhi, Zhu, Weihua
- Authors: Xu, Li , Huang, Tingting , Liang, Xu , Mack, John , Harris, Jessica , Nyokong, Tebello , Li, Minzhi , Zhu, Weihua
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/240732 , vital:50866 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424616500231"
- Description: An in-depth study of the electronic structure of a 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) induced molecular self-assembled xanthene-bridged and amide-bonded porphyrin dimer is reported. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations are used to identify trends in the optical spectroscopic properties. B3LYP geometry optimization predicts the formation of an almost perfectly eclipsed structure with respect to the two porphyrin rings with the analogous pyrrole nitrogens separated by 7.7–8.1 Å. The observed distinctive derivative-shaped band morphology of the pseudo-Faraday-A11 terms in the MCD spectra has been used to identify the main electronic Q and B-bands and to validate the TD-DFT calculations. The absence of a discernible splitting of the redox steps or a quenching of the fluorescence demonstrates that there is no significant exciton coupling between the two porphyrin rings.
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- Date Issued: 2016
- Authors: Xu, Li , Huang, Tingting , Liang, Xu , Mack, John , Harris, Jessica , Nyokong, Tebello , Li, Minzhi , Zhu, Weihua
- Date: 2016
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/240732 , vital:50866 , xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1142/S1088424616500231"
- Description: An in-depth study of the electronic structure of a 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) induced molecular self-assembled xanthene-bridged and amide-bonded porphyrin dimer is reported. Density functional theory (DFT) and time-dependent DFT (TD-DFT) calculations are used to identify trends in the optical spectroscopic properties. B3LYP geometry optimization predicts the formation of an almost perfectly eclipsed structure with respect to the two porphyrin rings with the analogous pyrrole nitrogens separated by 7.7–8.1 Å. The observed distinctive derivative-shaped band morphology of the pseudo-Faraday-A11 terms in the MCD spectra has been used to identify the main electronic Q and B-bands and to validate the TD-DFT calculations. The absence of a discernible splitting of the redox steps or a quenching of the fluorescence demonstrates that there is no significant exciton coupling between the two porphyrin rings.
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- Date Issued: 2016
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