The catalytic reduction of O2 by a manganese(III) porphyrin immobilized in nanostructured semiconductive transparent TiO2 electrode is here investigated UV-Vis spectroelectrochemistry an aqueous buffered medium. Analysis the operando spectroelectrochemical data, collected for both catalyst and matrix, demonstrates coexistence two faradaic electrochemical processes, namely (i) irreversible inter...

A series of manganese and iron porphyrins with sterically protected pockets are shown to be shape selective alkane hydroxylation catalysts. With iodosobenzene as oxidant, good regioselectivity is observed for hydroxylation of alkanes at the least hindered methyl group by using the very sterically hindered (5,10,15,20-tetrakis(2’,4’,6’-triphenylphenyl)porphyrinato)manganese(III) acetate (MnTTPPP...

The reduced Co( i ) metal ion in the molecular array facilitates formation of cobalt–ligand chemical bond already at RT. We demonstrate that reactivity goes beyond sole presence unpaired electrons valence shell.