The electrons that nature uses to reduce CO2 during photosynthesis come from water oxidation at the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II. Molecular catalysts have served as models to understand its mechanism, in particular the O-O bond-forming reaction, which is still not fully understood. Here we report a Ru(IV) side-on peroxo complex that serves as a 'missing link' for the species that form after the rate-determining O-O bond-forming step. The Ru(IV) side-on peroxo complex (eta(2)-1(IV)-OO) is generated from the isolated Ru(IV) oxo complex (1(IV)=O) in the presence of an excess of oxidant. The oxidation (IV) and spin state (singlet) of eta(2)-1(IV)-OO were determined by a combination of experimental and theoretical studies. O-18- and H-2-labelling studies evidence the direct evolution of O-2 through the nucleophilic attack of a H2O molecule on the highly electrophilic metal-oxo species via the formation of eta(2)-1(IV)-OO. These studies demonstrate water nucleophilic attack as a viable mechanism for O-O bond formation, as previously proposed based on indirect evidence.
Isolation of a Ru(IV) side-on peroxo intermediate in the water oxidation reaction
Franco, Federico;
2021-01-01
Abstract
The electrons that nature uses to reduce CO2 during photosynthesis come from water oxidation at the oxygen-evolving complex of photosystem II. Molecular catalysts have served as models to understand its mechanism, in particular the O-O bond-forming reaction, which is still not fully understood. Here we report a Ru(IV) side-on peroxo complex that serves as a 'missing link' for the species that form after the rate-determining O-O bond-forming step. The Ru(IV) side-on peroxo complex (eta(2)-1(IV)-OO) is generated from the isolated Ru(IV) oxo complex (1(IV)=O) in the presence of an excess of oxidant. The oxidation (IV) and spin state (singlet) of eta(2)-1(IV)-OO were determined by a combination of experimental and theoretical studies. O-18- and H-2-labelling studies evidence the direct evolution of O-2 through the nucleophilic attack of a H2O molecule on the highly electrophilic metal-oxo species via the formation of eta(2)-1(IV)-OO. These studies demonstrate water nucleophilic attack as a viable mechanism for O-O bond formation, as previously proposed based on indirect evidence.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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