Highly selective photo-catalytic dimerization of alpha-methylstyrene by a novel palladium complex with photosensitizing ruthenium(II) polypyridyl moiety.
A novel dinuclear complex containing the photo-sensitizing Ru unit and a Pd center is effective toward selective catalytic dimerization of alpha-methylstyrene leading to 2,4-diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene under visible-light irradiated conditions.
Inagaki
Akiko
A
Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, R1-27, 4259 Nagatsuta Midori-ku Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan. akiko_inagaki@res.titech.ac.jp
Edure
Shinichi
S
Yatsuda
Shinichi
S
Akita
Munetaka
M