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An Dinuclear Iron (III)-Based Homogeneous Catalytic System: Robust, Efficient and Highly Selective CO2-to-CO Conversion under Visible Light

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A novel dinuclear Fe (III) complex Fe2O(NO3)4(dmbpy)2]·H2O (Fe2-DMBPY) with 4,4′-dimethyl-2,2′-bipyridine (dmbpy) as ligand are reported on the photocatalytic reduction of CO2, and another easy-to-prepare dinuclear Fe (III) complex Fe2O(NO3)4(bpy)2] (Fe2-BPY) with 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy) as ligand is used to make a comparison. The catalytic activity of Fe2-DMBPY is greater than that reported previously, in addition to favorable stability and selectivity. Based on the two intermediates that derived from high-resolution mass spectrometry, density functional theory calculations well confirmed these intermediates can be stable during the experimental process.

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This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21162043, 21363028, 21763033).

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    Niang-Xiu Li,  Zhi Yang, Xi-Bo Lu, Quan-Qing Xu & Wei-Hua Mu

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Li, NX., Zhi Yang, Lu, XB. et al. An Dinuclear Iron (III)-Based Homogeneous Catalytic System: Robust, Efficient and Highly Selective CO2-to-CO Conversion under Visible Light. Catal Lett 153, 74–82 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-03953-0

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