1. Dioxygen Reduction by Cobalt(II) Octaethylporphyrin at Liquid / Liquid Interfaces
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Partovi Nia, Raheleh, Su, Bin, Agudelo, Mendez, Alejandro, Manuel, Habermeyer, Benoit, Gros, Claude P., Barbe, Jean-Michel, Samec, Zdenek, and Girault, Hubert
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Cytochrome-C-Oxidase ,Perchloric-Acid ,Porphyrins ,electeocatalysis ,Ferrocene Derivatives ,Water ,liquid vertical bar liquid interfaces ,porphyrins ,cobalt ,One-Electron ,oxygen reduction ,Oxygen ,4-Electron Reduction ,Spectral Characteristics ,O-2 Reduction - Abstract
Oxygen reduction catalyzed by cobalt(II) (2,3,7,8,12,13,17,18-octaethylporphyrin) [Co(OEP)] at soft interfaces is studied by voltammetry and biphasic reactions. When Co(OEP) is present in a solution of 1,2-dichloroethane in contact with an aqueous acidic solution, oxygen is reduced if the interface is positively polarized (water phase versus organic phase). This reduction reaction is facilitated when an additional electron donor, here ferrocene, is present in excess in the organic phase.