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SUBMITTER: Chen J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5887871 | biostudies-other | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Chen Juan J Stepanovic Stepan S Draksharapu Apparao A Gruden Maja M Browne Wesley R WR
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20180219 12
Non-heme (L)Fe<sup>III</sup> and (L)Fe<sup>III</sup> -O-Fe<sup>III</sup> (L) complexes (L=1,1-di(pyridin-2-yl)-N,N-bis(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)ethan-1-amine) underwent reduction under irradiation to the Fe<sup>II</sup> state with concomitant oxidation of methanol to methanal, without the need for a secondary photosensitizer. Spectroscopic and DFT studies support a mechanism in which irradiation results in charge-transfer excitation of a Fe<sup>III</sup> -μ-O-Fe<sup>III</sup> complex to generate [(L)F ...[more]