Cover Feature: Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of Ruthenium(II) Complexes Having Pentadentate Scaffolds: Water Oxidation Activity and Deactivation Pathway (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2/2019)

Abstract

The Cover Feature shows an aqua‐coordinated mononuclear ruthenium complex with a pentadentate ligand scaffold exhibiting oxidation of water, using cerium(IV) as sacrificial electron acceptor at pH 1. The picture also highlights an initial side reaction involving oxidative N‐debenzylation, which leads to deactivation of the catalyst. More information can be found in the https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201801099