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[DPEPhosbcpCu]PF6: A General and Broadly Applicable Copper-Based Photoredox Catalyst
Published on: May 21, 2019
Photoredox capacity expanded by the Cu site of CuFe-Mabiq
Matthias Huber1,2, Ajeet Kumar2, Jürgen Hauer2
1Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany. corinna.hess@ur.de.
Abstract:
The monometallic Fe-Mabiq and bimetallic CuFe-Mabiq photoredox catalysts feature similar optical spectra and short excited-state lifetimes. Nevertheless, they exhibit markedly different photochemistry. Photoreduction proceeds significantly faster for the bimetallic complex, and uniquely generates the three-electron reduced form. These characteristics underpin the self-sensitized photocatalytic behaviour of the bimetallic complex.
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