The mechanism of water reduction catalysed by a mononuclear copper complex Cu(bztpen) (bztpen = N-benzyl-N,N',N'-tris(pyridine-2-ylmethyl)ethylenediamine) has been elucidated by DFT calculations, revealing that hydrogen evolution proceeds via coupling of a Cu(ii)-hydride and a pendant pyridinium, and providing important implications for the future design of new catalytic systems for water reduc...

We present results of six-dimensional ~6D! quantum wave-packet calculations for the dissociative adsorption of (n50,j54,m j) H2 on Cu~100!. The potential-energy surface is a fit to points calculated using density-functional theory ~DFT!, with the generalized gradient approximation ~GGA!, and a slab representation for the surface. New aspects of the methodology we use to adapt the wave function ...

The dissociations of two types of copper(II)-containing complexes of tryptophan (Trp), tyrosine (Tyr), or phenylalanine (Phe) are described. The first type is the bis-amino acid complex, [Cu(M)2] , where M = Trp, Tyr, or Phe; the second [Cu(4Cl-tpy)(M)] , where 4Cl-tpy is the tridendate ligand 40-chloro-2,20:60,200-terpyridine. Dissociations of the Cu(II) bis-amino acid complexes produce abunda...

High-temperature chemical reactions are ubiquitous in (electro) chemical applications designed to meet the growing demands of environmental and energy protection. However, the fundamental understanding and optimization of such reactions are great challenges because they are hampered by the spontaneous, dynamic, and high-temperature conditions. Here, we investigated the roles of metal catalysts ...

In this current report, a simple, reliable, and rapid method based on modifying the cellulose surface by doping it with different percentages of lanthanum hydroxide (i.e., 1% La(OH)3-cellulose (LC), 5% La(OH)3-cellulose (LC2), and 10% La(OH)3-cellulose (LC3)) was proposed as a selective marker for detection of copper (Cu(II)) in aqueous medium. Surface properties of the newly modified cellulose...

In this work we analyze the whole molecular mechanism for intramolecular aromatic hydroxylation through O2 activation by a Schiff hexaazamacrocyclic dicopper(I) complex, [Cu(I) 2(bsH2m)](2+). Assisted by DFT calculations, we unravel the reaction pathway for the overall intramolecular aromatic hydroxylation, i.e., from the initial O2 reaction with the dicopper(I) species to first form a Cu(I)Cu(...

First-principles density functional theory and a periodic-slab model have been employed to explore the adsorption of a two-chlorophenol molecule on a Cu(2)O(110) surface containing surface Cu-O bonds, namely, the Cu(2)O(110):CuO surface. The two-chlorophenol molecule is found to interact very weakly with the Cu(2)O(110):CuO surface, forming several vertical and flat orientations. These weakly b...

A key quantity for molecule-metal interfaces is the energy level alignment of molecular electronic states with the metallic Fermi level. We develop and apply an efficient theoretical method, based on density functional theory (DFT) that can yield quantitatively accurate energy level alignment information for physisorbed metal-molecule interfaces. The method builds on the "DFT+Σ" approach, groun...

This work presents a systematic theoretical study on Cu(I) and Cu(II) cations in variable hydrogen sulfide-aqua-ammine ligand fields. These ligands model the biologically most common environment for Cu ions. Molecular structures of the complexes were optimized at the density functional theory (DFT) level. Subsequent thorough energy analyses revealed the following trends: (i) The ammine complexe...