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Hydrogen Evolution at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces
Author(s) -
Hatay Imren,
Su Bin,
Li Fei,
PartoviNia Raheleh,
Vrubel Heron,
Hu Xile,
Ersoz Mustafa,
Girault Hubert H.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200901757
Subject(s) - proton , hydrogen , aqueous solution , interface (matter) , reduction (mathematics) , liquid hydrogen , chemical physics , materials science , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , nuclear physics , geometry , gibbs isotherm , mathematics
Blowing bubbles : Hydrogen evolution by proton reduction with [(C 5 Me 5 ) 2 Fe] occurs at a soft interface between water and 1,2‐dichloroethane (DCE). The reaction proceeds by proton transfer assisted by [(C 5 Me 5 ) 2 Fe] across the water–DCE interface with subsequent proton reduction in DCE. The interface essentially acts as a proton pump, allowing hydrogen evolution by directly using the aqueous proton.