Interfacial Self‐Assembly of Water‐Soluble Cationic Porphyrins for the Reduction of Oxygen to Water

• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201202266
• Publication Date: 2012-05-22T05:26:20Z
• Authors: Astrid J. Olaya; Delphine Schaming; Pierre‐Francois B...; Hirohisa Nagatani; Hai‐Jun Xu; Michel Meyer; Hubert H. Girault
• Keywords: Cationic polymerization; Water soluble

Meet at the border: Assembly of water-soluble cobalt tetrakis(N-methylpyridinium-4-yl)porphyrin [CoTMPyP](4+) soft interfaces is enhanced and stabilized by its interfacial interaction with lipophilic anion (C(6)F(5))(4)B(-). The supramolecular structure thus formed provides excellent catalytic activity in four-electron reduction oxygen.