ChemInform Abstract: Current Issues in Molecular Catalysis Illustrated by Iron Porphyrins as Catalysts of the CO2-to-CO Electrochemical Conversion

ChemInform ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. no-no
Author(s):  
Cyrille Costentin ◽  
Marc Robert ◽  
Jean-Michel Saveant
Keyword(s):  
Iron Porphyrins ◽  
Electrochemical Conversion ◽  
Molecular Catalysis

Molecular Catalysis of O2 Reduction by Iron Porphyrins in Water: Heterogeneous versus Homogeneous Pathways

2015 ◽  
Vol 137 (42) ◽  
pp. 13535-13544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyrille Costentin ◽  
Hachem Dridi ◽  
Jean-Michel Savéant
Keyword(s):  
Iron Porphyrins ◽  
O2 Reduction ◽  
Molecular Catalysis

Reductive Dehalogenation of Environmental Contaminants: A Critical Review

1989 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. M. Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Atom ◽  
Aromatic Compounds ◽  
Reductive Dechlorination ◽  
Halogen Atom ◽  
Environmental Contaminants ◽  
Methanogenic Bacteria ◽  
Photochemical Reactions ◽  
Reductive Dehalogenation ◽  
Iron Porphyrins ◽  
Aliphatic Compounds

Abstract It is generally recognized that reductive processes are more important than oxidative ones in transforming, degrading and mineralizing many environmental contaminants. One process of particular importance is reductive dehalogenation, i.e., the replacement of a halogen atom (most commonly a chlorine atom) by a hydrogen atom. A number of different mechanisms are involved in these reactions. Photochemical reactions probably play a role in some instances. Aliphatic compounds such as chloroethanes, partly aliphatic compounds such as DDT, and alicyclic compounds such as hexachlorocyclohexane are readily dechlorinated in the laboratory by reaction with reduced iron porphyrins such as hematin. Many of these are also dechlorinated by cultures of certain microorganisms, probably by the same mechanism. Such compounds, with a few exceptions, have been found to undergo reductive dechlorination in the environment. Aromatic compounds such as halobenzenes, halophenols and halobenzoic acids appear not to react with reduced iron porphyrins. Some of these however undergo reductive dechlorination both in the environment and in the laboratory. The reaction is generally associated with methanogenic bacteria. There is evidence for the existence of a number of different dechlorinating enzymes specific for different isomers. Recently it has been found that many components of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), long considered to be virtually totally resistant to environmental degradation, may be reductively dechlorinated both in the laboratory and in nature. These findings suggest that many environmental contaminants may prove to be less persistent than was previously feared.

Methane synthesis from CO2 and H2O with electricity using H-permeable membrane electrochemical cells with Ru catalyst and phosphate electrolyte

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 935-940
Author(s):  
Jun Kubota ◽  
Takaya Okumura
Keyword(s):  
Current Efficiency ◽  
Electrochemical Cells ◽  
Permeable Membrane ◽  
Ru Catalyst ◽  
Electrochemical Conversion ◽  
A Current ◽  
Phosphate Electrolyte

Direct electrochemical conversion of CO2 and H2O to CH4 in a combined Ru-catalyst and H2O electrolyzer system was examined at 270 °C, thus obtaining a current efficiency of 93% for CH4 formation.

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