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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Jul 13;54(29):8415-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201501180. Epub 2015 May 27.

A Ruthenium(II)-Copper(II) Dyad for the Photocatalytic Oxygenation of Organic Substrates Mediated by Dioxygen Activation.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Wissam Iali, Pierre-Henri Lanoe, Stéphane Torelli, Damien Jouvenot, Frédérique Loiseau, Colette Lebrun, Olivier Hamelin, Stéphane Ménage

Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, DSV/iRTSV, LCBM-CNRS, UMR5249, 38041 Grenoble (France) http://www-dsv.cea.fr/irtsv/lcbm/bioce.
  2. Département de Chimie Moléculaire, Université Grenoble-Alpes; CNRS UMR 5250, BP53, 38041 Grenoble (France).
  3. Laboratoire Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, DSV/iRTSV, LCBM-CNRS, UMR5249, 38041 Grenoble (France) http://www-dsv.cea.fr/irtsv/lcbm/bioce. [email protected].
  4. Laboratoire de Reconnaissance Ionique et Chimie de Coordination-Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, DSV/iRTSV, LCBM-CNRS, UMR5249, 38041 Grenoble (France).
  5. Laboratoire Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Université Grenoble-Alpes, CEA, DSV/iRTSV, LCBM-CNRS, UMR5249, 38041 Grenoble (France) http://www-dsv.cea.fr/irtsv/lcbm/bioce. [email protected].

PMID: 26013299 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501180

Abstract

Dioxygen activation by copper complexes is a valuable method to achieve oxidation reactions for sustainable chemistry. The development of a catalytic system requires regeneration of the Cu(I) active redox state from Cu(II). This is usually achieved using extra reducers that can compete with the Cu(II)(O2) oxidizing species, causing a loss of efficiency. An alternative would consist of using a photosensitizer to control the reduction process. Association of a Ru(II) photosensitizing subunit with a Cu(II) pre-catalytic moiety assembled within a unique entity is shown to fulfill these requirements. In presence of a sacrificial electron donor and light, electron transfer occurs from the Ru(II) center to Cu(II). In presence of dioxygen, this dyad proved to be efficient for sulfide, phosphine, and alkene catalytic oxygenation. Mechanistic investigations gave evidence about a predominant (3)O2 activation pathway by the Cu(I) moiety.

© 2015 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.

Keywords: copper; dioxygen; oxygenation; photocatalysts; ruthenium

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