Chatterjee, Debabrata and Jaiswal, Namita and Banerjee, Priyabrata (2014) Electrochemical Conversion of Bicarbonate to Formate Mediated by the Complex RuIII(edta) (edta4– = ethylenediaminetetraacetate). European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2014 (34). pp. 5856-5859.

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Abstract

In this paper, we present the first example of a ruthenium(III) complex, [RuIII(edta)] (edta = ethylenediaminetetraacetate), that catalyzes the electrochemical conversion of hydrogen carbonate to formate selectively. The formation of an [RuIII(edta)(HCO3)]2– species through the reaction of the [RuIII(edta)(H2O)]– catalyst and hydrogen carbonate (HCO3–) was studied kinetically by using the stopped-flow technique. The value of the second-order rate constant for the formation of the [RuIII(edta)(HCO3)]2– complex was 82 ± 7 M–1 s–1 at 25 °C and pH = 6.4. Electrochemical reduction of hydrogen carbonate (HCO3–) was achieved by carrying out constant-potential bulk electrolysis at –0.4 V (vs. SCE) with a mercury-pool cathode at pH = 6.4. The formation of formate as the only reduction product was evidenced by a 13C NMR analysis of the reaction mixture obtained after electrolysis.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Chemistry
Depositing User:	Dr. Sarita Ghosh
Date Deposited:	22 Sep 2016 07:00
Last Modified:	22 Sep 2016 07:00
URI:	http://cmeri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/315

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