Issue 37, 2016

High catalytic abilities of binuclear rhenium(i) complexes in the photochemical reduction of CO2 with a ruthenium(ii) photosensitiser

Abstract

Photocatalytic systems for CO2 reduction using a Ru(II) tris-diimine complex (Ru) as a photosensitiser and dinuclear Re(I) diimine tricarbonyl complexes (Re(n)Re), in which diimine ligands are connected by alkyl chains of various lengths (–CnH2n–: n = 2, 3, 4, 6, 14), as catalysts were investigated. The photocatalytic systems using Re(n)Re exhibited improved durability compared with that using the corresponding mononuclear Re(I) complex (Re); moreover, among the Re(n)Re, shorter alkyl chains in the bridging ligands induced greater durability. We found that the durability of the photocatalytic system depended on the decomposition speed of Ru, which could be suppressed using Re(n)Re with shorter alkyl chains.

Graphical abstract: High catalytic abilities of binuclear rhenium(i) complexes in the photochemical reduction of CO2 with a ruthenium(ii) photosensitiser

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 ማርች 2016
Accepted
29 ኤፕሪ 2016
First published
16 ሜይ 2016

Dalton Trans., 2016,45, 14668-14677

High catalytic abilities of binuclear rhenium(I) complexes in the photochemical reduction of CO2 with a ruthenium(II) photosensitiser

Y. Tamaki, D. Imori, T. Morimoto, K. Koike and O. Ishitani, Dalton Trans., 2016, 45, 14668 DOI: 10.1039/C6DT00996D

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