Issue 88, 2012
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Chemical Communications

Enhanced photooxidation sensitizers: the first examples of cyclometalated pyrene complexes of iridium(iii)†

Andrew J. Hallett,a   Nathan White,a   Wanhua Wu,b   Xiaoneng Cui,b   Peter N. Horton,c   Simon J. Coles,c   Jianzhang Zhaob  and  Simon J. A. Pope*a  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
E-mail: popesj@cardiff.ac.uk
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b State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, E208 West Campus, 2 Ling-Gong Road, Dalian 116012, P.R. China

c UK National Crystallographic Service, Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton, England, UK

Abstract

The iridium(III) cyclometalation of alkylated pyrene–benzimidazole ligands proceeds in an unprecedented manner. The resultant complexes display remarkably enhanced photooxidation capabilities using 1,5-dihydroxynaphthalene as a substrate.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CC35907C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
15 Aug 2012
Accepted
18 Sep 2012
First published
01 Oct 2012
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2012,48, 10838-10840

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Enhanced photooxidation sensitizers: the first examples of cyclometalated pyrene complexes of iridium(III)

A. J. Hallett, N. White, W. Wu, X. Cui, P. N. Horton, S. J. Coles, J. Zhao and S. J. A. Pope, Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 10838 DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35907C

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