Hydroxyl-Decorated Diiron Complex as a [FeFe]-Hydrogenase Active Site Model Complex: Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity and Heterogenization on Ethylene-Bridged Periodic Mesoporous Organosilica
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Amaro-Gahete, J.
Esquivel, Dolores
Pavliuk, Mariia V.
Jiménez-Sanchidrián, César
Tian, Haining
Ott, Sascha
Romero-Salguero, F.J.
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MDPIFecha
2022Materia
[FeFe]-hydrogenasePeriodic mesoporous organosilica
Biomimetic chemistry
Artificial photosynthesis
Light-driven hydrogen evolution
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A biomimetic model complex of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase active site (FeFeOH) with an ethylene bridge and a pendant hydroxyl group has been synthesized, characterized and evaluated as catalyst for the light-driven hydrogen production. The interaction of the hydroxyl group pre-sent in the complex with 3-isocyanopropyltriethoxysilane provided a carbamate triethoxysilane bearing a diiron dithiolate complex (NCOFeFe), thus becoming a potentially promising candidate for anchoring on heterogeneous supports. As a proof of concept, the NCOFeFe precursor was anchored by a grafting procedure into a periodic mesoporous organosilica with ethane bridges (EthanePMO@NCOFeFe). Both molecular and heterogenized complexes were tested as catalysts for light-driven hydrogen generation in aqueous solutions. The photocatalytic conditions were optimized for the homogenous complex by varying the reaction time, pH, amount of the catalyst or photosensitizer, photon flux, and the type of light source (light-emitting diode (LED) and Xe lamp). It was shown that the molecular FeFeOH diiron complex achieved a decent turnover num-ber (TON) of 70 after 6 h, while NCOFeFe and EthanePMO@NCOFeFe had slightly lower activi-ties showing TONs of 37 and 5 at 6 h, respectively.