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Eishiro Kato1, Hiroyuki Takeda1,2, Kazuhide Koike2,3
1Department of Chemistry , Graduate School of Science and Engineering , Tokyo Institute of Technology , 2-12-1-NE1, O-okayama , Meguro-ku , Tokyo 152-8550 , Japan .
Abstract:
We developed Ru(ii)-Re(i) supramolecular photocatalysts in which each metal complex unit is connected by a -CH2XCH2- (X = O, S, CH2) chain. The photocatalyst with X = O exhibited the best photocatalytic efficiency for CO2 reduction in the reported systems using a NAD(P)H model compound as an electron donor because the introduced oxygen atom strengthened the oxidation power of the Ru photosensitizer unit in the excited state and accelerated electron transfer from the one-electron-reduced Ru photosensitizer unit to the Re catalyst unit. In contrast, the catalytic ability of the photocatalyst with X = S rapidly decreased during irradiation because the supramolecular structure split into mononuclear complexes. A detailed mechanism for the efficient photocatalytic reaction involving these supramolecular photocatalysts was investigated for the first time.
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