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Photocatalytic Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Water by Ruthenium Complexes
Author(s) -
Kalita Diganta,
Radaram Bhasker,
Brooks Brandon,
Kannam Pooja Priyanka,
Zhao Xuan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201000335
Subject(s) - ruthenium , photocatalysis , alkene , catalysis , photochemistry , photosensitizer , chemistry , electron acceptor , homogeneous , acceptor , homogeneous catalysis , organic chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , condensed matter physics
Reactions in the sun: A simple homogeneous photocatalytic system for the oxidation of organic substrates that consists of Ru II ‐H 2 O complex as catalyst, [Ru(bpy) 3 ] 2+ as photosensitizer, and [Co(NH 3 ) 5 Cl] 2+ as electron acceptor, can efficiently and selectively catalyze the oxidation of alkene and alcohols in water by using sunlight as the driving force (see scheme).