Partially Saturated Copper(I) Rotaxane Complexes from Active Template Synthesis Enable O2-to-H2O Reduction under Acidic Conditions
We developed tridentate rotaxane ligands to stabilise a dynamic Cu(I) centre with an empty coordination site for O2 reduction. Electrocatalytic activity and selectivity can be controlled by the interlocking tightness through varying the macrocycle size, a feat traditionally inaccessible by non-interlocked analogues.
Authors
- Ho Yu Au‐Yeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7216-7921)
- Yulin Deng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1566-3619)
- Edmund C. M. Tse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9313-1290)
- Yan Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8554-4098)
- Seungkyu Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-5882)
- Zhe Ying (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0080-5402)
- Hei Tung Yau
Institutions
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- ChemRxiv
- Published
- 2025-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-jlhq5
- Primary Topic
- Chemical Synthesis and Reactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Salt Science Research Foundation
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee
- Innovation and Technology Commission
- Innovation and Technology Commission - Hong Kong
- Science, Technology and Innovation Commission of Shenzhen Municipality