We report the highly efficient catalytic activity of a transition metal selenide-based coordination complex, [Ni{(SeP Pr ) N} ], (1) for oxygen evolution and hydrogen evolution reactions (OER and HER, respectively) in alkaline solution. Very low overpotentials of 200 mV and 310 mV were required to achieve 10 mA cm for OER and HER, respectively. The overpotential for OER is one of the lowest that has been reported up to now, making this one of the best OER electrocatalysts. In addition, this molecular complex exhibits an exceptionally high mass activity (111.02 A g ) and a much higher TOF value (0.26 s ) at a overpotential of 300 mV. This bifunctional electrocatalyst enables water electrolysis in alkaline solutions at a cell voltage of 1.54 V.

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Novel nickel(ii) complexes [Ni(P,P)X2] = [Ni{tBuN(PPh2)2-κ2P}X2], X = Cl, Br, I, are prepared, characterized by IR and NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and X-ray crystallography, and tested as catalysts in the Kumada cross-coupling reaction.

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