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Light‐Induced Water Oxidation by a Ru complex Containing a Bio‐Inspired Ligand
Author(s) -
Kärkäs Markus D.,
Johnston Eric V.,
Karlsson Erik A.,
Lee BaoLin,
Åkermark Torbjörn,
Shariatgorji Mohammadreza,
Ilag Leopold,
Hansson Örjan,
Bäckvall JanE.,
Åkermark Björn
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201003702
Subject(s) - overpotential , ruthenium , ligand (biochemistry) , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , catalysis , photochemistry , organic chemistry , electrochemistry , biochemistry , electrode , receptor
The new Ru complex 8 containing the bio‐inspired ligand 7 was successfully synthesized and characterized. Complex 8 efficiently catalyzes water oxidation using Ce IV and Ru III as chemical oxidants. More importantly, this complex has a sufficiently low overpotential to utilize ruthenium polypyridyl‐type complexes as photosensitizers.