Adduct formation by photo-induced electron transfer between photo-oxidising Ru(II) complexes and tryptophan.
The (3)MLCT excited state of Ru(II) complexes with 1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene (TAP) ligands in the presence of tryptophan gives rise to an electron transfer process from the amino acid with subsequent formation of an adduct between the two partners, strongly influenced by oxygen.
Gicquel
Etienne
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Laboratoire de Chimie Organique et Photochimie, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 50 Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
Boisdenghien
Arnaud
A
Defrancq
Eric
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Moucheron
Cécile
C
Kirsch-De Mesmaeker
Andree
A