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. 2018 Aug 1;57(35):11247–11251. doi: 10.1002/anie.201805244

Scheme 1.

Scheme 1

Mechanistic pathways for water oxidation with the final O−O formation via nucleophilic attack of water to the ruthenium–oxo species (WNA, blue; that is, Ru(phenda)(pic)2 10) or via interaction of two metal–oxo moieties (I2M, red; that is, Ru(bda)(pic)2 8b,8c).