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Visible‐Light‐Induced Photoredox Catalysis with a Tetracerium‐Containing Silicotungstate
Author(s) -
Suzuki Kosuke,
Tang Fei,
Kikukawa Yuji,
Yamaguchi Kazuya,
Mizuno Noritaka
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
angewandte chemie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1521-3757
pISSN - 0044-8249
DOI - 10.1002/ange.201403215
Subject(s) - chemistry , photocatalysis , cyanation , photochemistry , visible spectrum , dehydrogenation , photoredox catalysis , intramolecular force , polyoxometalate , cerium , catalysis , metal , combinatorial chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , materials science , optoelectronics
The development of visible‐light‐induced photocatalysts for chemoselective functional group transformations has received considerable attention. Polyoxometalates (POMs) are potential materials for efficient photocatalysts because their properties can be precisely tuned by changing their constituent elements and structures and by the introduction of additional metal cations. Furthermore, they are thermally and oxidatively more stable than the frequently utilized organometallic complexes. The visible‐light‐responsive tetranuclear cerium(III)‐containing silicotungstate TBA 6 [{Ce(H 2 O)} 2 {Ce(CH 3 CN)} 2 (μ 4 ‐O)(γ‐SiW 10 O 36 ) 2 ] (CePOM; TBA=tetra‐ n ‐butylammonium) has now been synthesized; when CePOM was irradiated with visible light ( λ >400 nm), a unique intramolecular Ce III ‐to‐POM(W VI ) charge transfer was observed. With CePOM, the photocatalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of primary and secondary amines as well as the α‐cyanation of tertiary amines smoothly proceeded in the presence of O 2 (1 atm) as the sole oxidant.