Exploiting Charge-Transfer States for Maximizing Intersystem Crossing Yields in Organic Photoredox Catalysts

Autor: Steven M. Sartor, Ryan M. Pearson, Blaine G. McCarthy, Niels H. Damrauer, Garret M. Miyake
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(14)
ISSN: 1520-5126
Popis: A key feature of prominent transition-metal-containing photoredox catalysts (PCs) is high quantum yield access to long-lived excited states characterized by a change in spin multiplicity. For organic PCs, challenges emerge for promoting excited-state intersystem crossing (ISC), particularly when potent excited-state reductants are desired. Herein, we report a design exploiting orthogonal π-systems and an intermediate-energy charge-transfer excited state to maximize ISC yields (Φ(ISC)) in a highly reducing (E(0)* = −1.7 V vs SCE), visible-light-absorbing phenoxazine-based PC. Simple substitution of N-phenyl for N-naphthyl is shown to dramatically increase Φ(ISC) from 0.11 to 0.91 without altering catalytically important properties, such as E(0)*.
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