β-Diketiminate-supported iridium photosensitizers with increased excited-state reducing power
Jong-Hwa Shon, Dooyoung Kim, Thomas Gray, Thomas S. Teets
Abstract
Triazole and NHC-based bis-cyclometalated iridium β-diketiminate complexes emerge as some of the strongest reported visible-light photoreductants. Fast photoinduced electron transfer and photoredox catalysis on organohalide substrates are observed.
Topics & Concepts
IridiumPhotochemistryChemistryExcited stateElectron transferCatalysisPhotoredox catalysisVisible spectrumPhotosensitizerCombinatorial chemistryPhotocatalysisMaterials scienceOrganic chemistryOptoelectronicsPhysicsNuclear physicsRadical Photochemical ReactionsCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques