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Frontispiece: Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis Using Ruthenium Complexes in Chemical Biology
Author(s) -
Angerani Simona,
Winssinger Nicolas
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201982762
Subject(s) - ruthenium , reactivity (psychology) , catalysis , photoredox catalysis , photochemistry , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , photocatalysis , organic chemistry , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
The image illustrates the fact that selective transformations catalyzed by ruthenium complexes can be achieved in complex biological settings. A rather unique property of ruthenium photocatalysts is their ground‐state stability coupled to their photoexcited state reactivity. The fact that the catalyst is activated by light provides control of the reactivity in space and time. For more information, see the Review by N. Wissinger et al. on page 6661 ff.