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Red-light-activatable ruthenium phthalocyanine catalysts
Yuta Ishikawa1, Tatsuya Kameyama2,3, Tsukasa Torimoto2
1Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan. tfuruyama@se.kanazawa-u.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Phthalocyanine ruthenium complexes were identified as red-light activatable catalysts for trifluoromethylation reactions. The red-light mediated chlorotrifluoromethylation of alkenes could proceed without any sacrificial reducing reagents. This reaction exhibited good compatibility with a blue-light-absorbing substrate, while under irradiation with blue light, i.e., under traditional photoreaction conditions, this substrate decomposed completely.
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