Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation with a Copper(II) Polypeptide Complex

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Abstract

A self-assembly-formed triglycylglycine macrocyclic ligand (TGG(4-)) complex of Cu(II), [(TGG(4-))Cu(II)-OH(2)](2-), efficiently catalyzes water oxidation in a phosphate buffer at pH 11 at room temperature by a well-defined mechanism. In the mechanism, initial oxidation to Cu(III) is followed by further oxidation to a formal "Cu(IV)" with formation of a peroxide intermediate, which undergoes further oxidation to release oxygen and close the catalytic cycle. The catalyst exhibits high stability and activity toward water oxidation under these conditions with a high turnover frequency of 33 s(-1).

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