@article { ISI:000346544100036,
	title = {Electrocatalytic Reduction of CO2 with Palladium Bis-N-heterocyclic Carbene Pincer Complexes},
	journal = {INORGANIC CHEMISTRY},
	volume = {53},
	number = {24},
	year = {2014},
	month = {DEC 15},
	pages = {12962-12972},
	abstract = {A series of pyridine- and lutidine-linked bis-N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) palladium pincer complexes were electrochemically characterized and screened for CO2 reduction capability with 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol, acetic acid, or 2,2,2-trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) as proton sources. The lutidine-linked pincer complexes electrocatalytically reduce CO2 to CO at potentials as low as -1.6 V versus Ag/AgNO3 in the presence of TFA. The one-electron reduction of these complexes is shown to be chemically reversible, yielding a monometallic species, with density functional theory studies indicating charge storage on the redox-active ligand, thus addressing a major source of deactivation in earlier triphosphine electrocatalysts.},
	issn = {0020-1669},
	doi = {10.1021/ic502056w},
	author = {Therrien, Jeffrey A. and Wolf, Michael O. and Patrick, Brian O.}
}
