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Kai Li1, Qingyun Wan1, Chen Yang1
1State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, HKU-CAS Joint Laboratory on New Materials, and Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract:
Strong photo-reductants have applications in photo-redox organic synthesis involving reductive activation of C-X(halide) and C=O bonds. We report herein air-stable PtII complexes supported by tetradentate bis(phenolate-NHC) ligands having peripheral electron-donating N-carbazolyl groups. Photo-physical, electrochemical, and computational studies reveal that the presence of N-carbazolyl groups enhances the light absorption and redox reversibility because of its involvement into the frontier MOs in both ground and excited states, making the complexes robust strong photo-reductant with E([Pt]+/ *) over -2.6 V vs. Cp2 Fe+/0 . The one-electron reduced [Pt]- species are stronger reductants with EPC ([Pt]0/- ) up to -3.1 V vs. Cp2 Fe+/0 . By virtue of the strong reducing nature of these species generated upon light excitation, they can be used in light-driven reductive coupling of carbonyl compounds and reductive debromination of a wide range of unactivated aryl bromides.
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