Synthesis of a light-harvesting ruthenium porphyrin complex substituted with BODIPY units. Implications for visible light-promoted catalytic oxidations
Jonathan Malone, Seth Klaine, Christian Alcantar, Fox Bratcher, Rui Zhang
Abstract
A light-harvesting BODIPY–porphyrin ruthenium(<sc>ii</sc>) carbonyl complex has been synthesized and studied, exhibiting a remarkable light accelerating effect on catalytic oxidations.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryRutheniumBODIPYPorphyrinPhotochemistryCatalysisVisible spectrumCombinatorial chemistryFluorescenceOrganic chemistryQuantum mechanicsOptoelectronicsPhysicsPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryLuminescence and Fluorescent MaterialsMolecular Sensors and Ion Detection