Luminescent organogold(III) complexes with long-lived triplet excited states for light-induced oxidative C-H bond functionalization and hydrogen production

Wai-Pong To; Glenna So-Ming Tong; Wei Lu; Chensheng Ma; Jia Liu; Andy Lok-Fung Chow; Chi-Ming Che

doi:10.1002/anie.201108080

Luminescent organogold(III) complexes with long-lived triplet excited states for light-induced oxidative C-H bond functionalization and hydrogen production

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Mar 12;51(11):2654-7. doi: 10.1002/anie.201108080. Epub 2012 Feb 3.

Authors

Wai-Pong To¹, Glenna So-Ming Tong, Wei Lu, Chensheng Ma, Jia Liu, Andy Lok-Fung Chow, Chi-Ming Che

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 22308117
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201108080

Abstract

All that glitters is gold: highly phosphorescent gold(III) complexes with extended π-conjugated cyclometalating ligands exhibit rich photophysical and photochemical properties. They act as efficient photocatalysts/photosensitizers for oxidative functionalizations of secondary and tertiary benzylic amines and homogeneous hydrogen production from a water/acetonitrile mixture.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acetone / chemistry
Carbon / chemistry
Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
Gold / chemistry*
Hydrogen / metabolism*
Light*
Luminescent Measurements
Organogold Compounds / chemistry*
Oxidation-Reduction
Quantum Theory
Water / chemistry

Substances

Coordination Complexes
Organogold Compounds
Water
Acetone
Carbon
Gold
Hydrogen