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Homogeneous Photocatalytic Oxidation of Alcohols by a Chromophore–Catalyst Dyad of Ruthenium Complexes
Author(s) -
Chen Weizhong,
Rein Francisca N.,
Rocha Reginaldo C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200904756
Subject(s) - ruthenium , chromophore , catalysis , photocatalysis , reactivity (psychology) , homogeneous , chemistry , photochemistry , alcohol oxidation , homogeneous catalysis , organic chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , thermodynamics
A chromophore–catalyst dyad assembly of ruthenium polypyridyl complexes has been prepared, structurally and electronically characterized, and its proton‐coupled multielectron photooxidation reactivity demonstrated by the visible sunlight‐driven catalytic oxidation of aliphatic and benzyl alcohols into their corresponding aldehydes or ketones with high selectivities and over 100 turnover cycles in water, at ambient conditions.