Electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution by cobalt difluoroboryl-diglyoximate complexes.

In the presence of moderately strong acids in CH3CN, cobalt complexes with BF2-bridged diglyoxime ligands are active catalysts for the reduction of protons to H2 at potentials as positive as -0.28 V vs. SCE.

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