Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 792-796.doi: 10.1007/s40242-015-5168-1

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Pyrrol-2-yl-methanone Modified Silica as Electron Acceptor for the Oxidation of Water Catalyzed by Cobalt(II) Complexes

WU Yi, WANG Li, CHEN Qiuyun   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, P. R. China
  • Received:2015-04-24 Revised:2015-05-25 Online:2015-10-01 Published:2015-07-22
  • Contact: HONG Bo, E-mail: jlauhb@163.com; ZHAO Hongyan, E-mail: hyzhao@nenu.edu.cn E-mail:jlauhb@163.com;hyzhao@nenu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41471165), the Natural Science Foundation of Jilin Province, China(No.20130101081JC) and the Scientific Research Found of Jilin Agricultural University China(No.2015049).

Abstract:

To develop a new type of non-oxidant electron acceptors for water oxidation, 3-(methyl)phenyl-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl)methanone modified silica(SiO2@py) was synthesized and used as host to Co4O4 cubane forming nanoparticles(SiO2@pyCo4). In the presence of Ru(bpy)32+ and under the irradiation of white LED(light emitting diode) light(10 W), SiO2@pyCo4 can catalyze water oxidation without extra electron acceptor(e.g., Na2S2O8). Moreover, the turnover frequency(TOF) value of SiO2@pyCo4 is larger than that of Co4O4 cubane under the same conditions, and the longer lasting time of SiO2@pyCo4 indicates that SiO2@py can enhance the stability of Co4O4 in water. Our results provide an economic route to develop dioxygen evolution systems based on the assembly of organic electron acceptor modified silica with active cobalt complexes.

Key words: Dithiolene, Redox, Nonlinear optical, Molecular switching, Density functional theory