Excited state investigation of a new Ru(II) complex for dual reactivity with low energy light.
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SUBMITTER: Knoll JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4430371 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
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Excited state investigation of a new Ru(II) complex for dual reactivity with low energy light.
Knoll J D JD Albani B A BA Turro C C
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20150501 42
The new complex [Ru(tpy)(Me2dppn)(py)](2+) efficiently photodissociates py in CH3CN with Φ500 = 0.053(1) induced by steric bulk from methyl substituents and produces (1)O2 with ΦΔ = 0.69(9) from its long-lived (3)ππ* excited state. The unique excited state processes that result in dual reactivity were investigated using ultrafast transient absorption spectroscopy. ...[more]
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