Front Cover: Catalytic Water-Oxidation Activity of a Weakly Coupled Binuclear Ruthenium Polypyridyl Complex (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 04/2017)

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• 作者：Tiago A. Matias ; Ana P. Mangoni ; Sergio H. Toma ; Francisca N. Rein ; Reginaldo C. Rocha ; Henrique E. Toma and Koiti Araki
• 刊名：European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 26, 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：2017
• 期：4
• 页码：767
• 全文大小：3499K
• ISSN：1099-0682c

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The cover picture shows the catalytic oxidation of water by a novel, weakly coupled binuclear complex of the type [Ru^V₂(O)₂(bpy)₂(L)]⁶⁺, where L is the angular bridging ligand 1,3-bis(4'-2,2':6',2''-terpyridin-4-yl)benzene. This “Pacman-like” molecule has an appetite for water molecules (oxidizes them to O₂) and, with a k_cat(O₂) about 20 times that of the corresponding mononuclear complex, demonstrates significant cooperation between Ru sites. Details are discussed in the article by K. Araki et al. (DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201600889). For more on the story behind the cover research, see the Cover Profile (DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201601446).