Queyriaux N, Andreiadis ES, Torelli S, Pecaut J, Veldkamp BS, Margulies EA, Wasielewski MR, Chavarot-Kerlidou M, Artero V. CuAAC-based assembly and characterization of a ruthenium-copper dyad containing a diimine-dioxime ligand framework.
Faraday Discuss 2017;
198:251-261. [PMID:
28276542 DOI:
10.1039/c6fd00204h]
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Abstract
The design of molecular dyads combining a light-harvesting unit with an electroactive centre is highly demanded in the field of artificial photosynthesis. The versatile Copper-catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Cycloaddition (CuAAC) procedure was employed to assemble a ruthenium tris-diimine unit to an unprecedented azide-substituted copper diimine-dioxime moiety. The resulting RuIICuII dyad 4 was characterized by electrochemistry, 1H NMR, EPR, UV-visible absorption, steady-state fluorescence and transient absorption spectroscopies. Photoinduced electron transfer from the ruthenium to the copper centre upon light-activation in the presence of a sacrificial electron donor was established thanks to EPR-monitored photolysis experiments, opening interesting perspectives for photocatalytic applications.
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