Serendipitous formation of oxygen-bridged CuII6M (M = Mn II , Co II ) double cubanes showing electrocatalytic water oxidation.
Anna Carissa M San EstebanNaoto KuwamuraNobuto YoshinariTakumi KonnoPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2022)
Hydroxido-bridged CuII6M double-cubane clusters (M = Mn II , Co II ) supported by D-penicillaminedisulfide were unexpectedly formed by treating a D-penicillaminato CuII2PtII2 complex with MBr 2 in water. The clusters displayed heterogeneous electrocatalytic activities for water oxidation dependent on the central M shared by two Cu II cubane units.