Turning on the Protonation-First Pathway for Electrocatalytic CO

Journal of the American Chemical Society (2017-01-25)

Ken T Ngo, Meaghan McKinnon, Bani Mahanti, Remya Narayanan, David C Grills, Mehmed Z Ertem, Jonathan Rochford

ABSTRACT

Electrocatalytic reduction of CO

MATERIALS

Product Number

Brand

Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich

Tetrabutylammonium trifluoromethanesulfonate, ≥99.0% (T)

Sigma-Aldrich

2,4,6-Trimethylphenylboronic acid, ≥95%

Sigma-Aldrich

2,6-Dimethoxyphenylboronic acid, ≥97%

Sigma-Aldrich

6,6′-Dibromo-2,2′-dipyridyl, 90%

Sigma-Aldrich

Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, ReagentPlus^®, ≥99%

Supelco

Tetrabutylammonium benzoate, for electrochemical analysis, ≥99.0%

Sigma-Aldrich

Bromopentacarbonylmanganese(I), 98%