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Quantifying the Electrocatalytic Turnover of Vitamin B 12 ‐Mediated Dehalogenation on Single Soft Nanoparticles
Author(s) -
Cheng Wei,
Compton Richard G.
Publication year - 2016
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.201510394
Subject(s) - halogenation , nanoparticle , catalysis , turnover number , chemistry , trichloroethylene , vitamin , redox , vitamin b , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , nanotechnology , biochemistry
We report the electrocatalytic dehalogenation of trichloroethylene (TCE) by single soft nanoparticles in the form of Vitamin B 12 ‐containing droplets. We quantify the turnover number of the catalytic reaction at the single soft nanoparticle level. The kinetic data shows that the binding of TCE with the electro‐reduced vitamin in the Co I oxidation state is chemically reversible.