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Back Cover: Hydrogen Generation by Water Reduction with [Cp* 2 Ti(OTf)]: Identifying Elemental Mechanistic Steps by Combined In Situ FTIR and In Situ EPR Spectroscopy Supported by DFT Calculations (Chem. Eur. J. 41/2013)
Author(s) -
Hollmann Dirk,
Grabow Kathleen,
Jiao Haijun,
Kessler Monty,
Spannenberg Anke,
Beweries Torsten,
Bentrup Ursula,
Brückner Angelika
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201390163
Subject(s) - electron paramagnetic resonance , in situ , titanium , hydrogen , spectroscopy , chemistry , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , ligand (biochemistry) , materials science , trifluoromethanesulfonate , inorganic chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , catalysis , chemical engineering , nuclear magnetic resonance , metallurgy , physics , organic chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , quantum mechanics , engineering
Hydrogen evolution from water is a true challenge, yet it is possible with titanium complexes. In their Full Paper on page 13705 ff. , D. Hollmann, T. Beweries, A. Brückner et al. unravel the mechanism of water activation and hydrogen formation on decamethyltitanocene triflate by using in situ spectroscopy supported by DFT calculations. The picture relates the flexibility of the titanium ligand sphere with that of a Titanflex® eyeglass frame.