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ArticleNature communications2016

Ligand-induced substrate steering and reshaping of [Ag2(H)](+) scaffold for selective CO2 extrusion from formic acid.

Athanasios Zavras, George N Khairallah, Marjan Krstić, Marion Girod, Steven Daly, Rodolphe Antoine, Philippe Maitre, Roger J Mulder, Stefanie-Ann Alexander, Vlasta Bonačić-Koutecký and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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12 authors.

Athanasios ZavrasSchool of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2797-9303
George N KhairallahSchool of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Marjan KrstićCenter of Excellence for Science and Technology - Integration of Mediterranean region (STIM) at Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Science and Technology (ICAST), University of Split, Meštrovićevo šetalište 45, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Marion GirodInstitut des Sciences Analytiques, Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1-CNRS-ENS Lyon, 69100 Villeurbanne, France.
Steven DalyInstitut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
Rodolphe AntoineInstitut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
Philippe MaitreLaboratoire de Chimie Physique, Bâtiment 349, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France.
Roger J MulderCSIRO Manufacturing, Bayview Avenue, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
Stefanie-Ann AlexanderSchool of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Vlasta Bonačić-KouteckýCenter of Excellence for Science and Technology - Integration of Mediterranean region (STIM) at Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Science and Technology (ICAST), University of Split, Meštrovićevo šetalište 45, 21000 Split, Croatia.
Philippe DugourdInstitut Lumière Matière, Université Lyon 1-CNRS, Université de Lyon 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
Richard A J O'HairSchool of Chemistry and Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, 30 Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metalloenzymes preorganize the reaction environment to steer substrate(s) along the required reaction coordinate. Here, we show that phosphine ligands selectively facilitate protonation of binuclear silver hydride cations, [LAg2(H)](+) by optimizing the geometry of the active site. This is a key step in the selective, catalysed extrusion of carbon dioxide from formic acid, HO2CH, with important applications (for example, hydrogen storage). Gas-phase ion-molecule reactions, collision-induced dissociation (CID), infrared and ultraviolet action spectroscopy and computational chemistry link structure to reactivity and mechanism. [Ag2(H)](+) and [Ph3PAg2(H)](+) react with formic acid yielding Lewis adducts, while [(Ph3P)2Ag2(H)](+) is unreactive. Using bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) reshapes the geometry of the binuclear Ag2(H)(+) scaffold, triggering reactivity towards formic acid, to produce [dppmAg2(O2CH)](+) and H2. Decarboxylation of [dppmAg2(O2CH)](+) via CID regenerates [dppmAg2(H)](+). These gas-phase insights inspired variable temperature NMR studies that show CO2 and H2 production at 70 °C from solutions containing dppm, AgBF4, NaO2CH and HO2CH.

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Carbon DioxideCatalysisDecarboxylationFormatesIonsLigandsQuantum TheorySilverSolutionsSpectrophotometry, InfraredSpectrophotometry, UltravioletThermodynamicsCarbon DioxideFormatesformic acidIonsLigandsSilverSolutions

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PMCPMC4897753

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