Sanju Luhach, Tim K. Schramm, Jan Kachnowicz, Andreas Hansen, Demyan E. Prokopchuk. “Rapid and selective metal-free O₂ reduction to H₂O₂ using a molecular CpN₃ electrocatalyst.” ChemRxiv (). https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-wz7zf/v3

[p-BrC₆H₄NH₃][BF₄]
¹H NMR (500 MHz, CD₃CN, 25 °C) Image data were not transcribed
SI, p. S6
[p-BrC₆H₄ND₃][BF₄]
¹H NMR (500 MHz, CD₃CN, 25 °C) 95 % H/D exchange; signals at 0.8 and 1.3 ppm are residual pentane; image data were not transcribed
SI, p. S7
[CpN₃H][BF₄]₂
¹H NMR (500 MHz, CD₃CN, 25 °C) Signals at 0.8 and 1.3 ppm are residual pentane; image data were not transcribed
SI, p. S7
[CpN₃H]²⁺
Cyclic voltammetry (0.20 mM, MeCN, 0.1 V s⁻¹, 0.10 M [nBu₄N][B(C₆F₅)₄], N₂ or 1 atm air) E₁/₂ = −0.72 V vs. Fc⁺/⁰; the voltammogram becomes irreversible when the solution is saturated with air; image data were not transcribed
Cyclic voltammetry (1.0 mM, MeCN, 0.10 M [nBu₄N][B(C₆F₅)₄], 1 atm N₂, variable scan rates) Image data were not transcribed
UV–vis (0.20 mM in 5 mL MeCN, 3 mL DI water layer after 10 mL DCM:5 mL DI water work-up, with and without Ti(O)SO₄) No significant increase after Ti(O)SO₄ addition; [CpN₃H]²⁺ does not contribute to the increased absorbance attributed to the Ti(O₂H₂) complex; image data were not transcribed
UV–vis (MeCN, varying concentrations) Absorbance at 411 and 270 nm; image data were not transcribed
Main, p. 7; SI, pp. S8, S17
[CpN₃]⁺
Cyclic voltammetry (1.0 mM, MeCN, 0.10 M [nBu₄N][B(C₆F₅)₄], 1 atm N₂, variable scan rates) Two quasi-reversible redox waves centered at ca. −1.5 and −1.7 V, coupled to a new oxidation peak at ca. −1.0 V of unknown origin; the redox waves become more reversible as the scan rate is increased and are assigned to the [CpN₃]⁺/CpN₃ and CpN₃/[CpN₃]⁻ redox couples; image data were not transcribed