Unraveling the electrocatalytic reduction mechanism of enols on copper in aqueous media

Zhihao Cui; Xing’an Dong; Sung Gu Cho; Modeste N. Tegomoh; Weidong Dai; Fan Dong; Anne C. Co

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33620-2

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Unraveling the electrocatalytic reduction mechanism of enols on copper in aqueous media

Zhihao Cui,
Xing’an Dong,
Sung Gu Cho,
Modeste N. Tegomoh,
Weidong Dai,
Fan Dong,
Anne C. Co

Affiliations

Zhihao Cui: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Xing’an Dong: Research Center for Environmental & Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Sung Gu Cho: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Modeste N. Tegomoh: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University
Weidong Dai: Research Center for Environmental & Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Fan Dong: Research Center for Environmental & Energy Catalysis, Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Anne C. Co: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33620-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Understanding the electrochemical deoxygenation pathway of aldehydes and ketones is important yet challenging. Here the authors use acetaldehyde as a model system to elucidate the role of enols in the electroreduction of aldehydes and ketones, which may shed light on the reaction pathway of CO2 to C2 and C3 products.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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