A novel tripodal ligand, tris[(4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl-4-yl)methyl]carbinol and its trinuclear Ru(II)/Re(I) mixed-metal complexes: synthesis, emission properties, and photocatalytic CO2 reduction.
A novel tripodal ligand, tris[(4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl-4-yl)methyl]carbinol (L), has been synthesized. The spectroscopic, electrochemical, and photocatalytic properties of the new trinuclear complexes (Ru(2)Re and RuRe(2)) linked by the tripodal bridging ligand L are then investigated. In addition, 2-fold-improved photocatalytic activities were obtained in the case of these trinuclear complexes compared to the mixtures of the appropriate monometallic model complexes in the reduction of CO(2) under visible irradiation.
Bian
Zhao-Yong
ZY
Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China. bzy@mail.ipc.ac.cn
Sumi
Katsuhiro
K
Furue
Masaoki
M
Sato
Shunsuke
S
Koike
Kazuhide
K
Ishitani
Osamu
O