Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Sm(II)-Mediated Reductions
Monika Tomar, Caroline Bosch, Jules Everaert, Rohan Bhimpuria, Anders Thapper, Andreas Orthaber, K Eszter Borbas · 2024
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Description
Monika Tomar and co-authors present a 2024 chemistry study of a dye that helps a rare-earth metal do hard reduction work under plain visible light. Samarium in its low charge state is a strong electron donor, prized for breaking tough bonds. The team pair a store-bought dye, coumarin 343, with the metal's stable high state. Light knocks an electron from the dye into the metal, waking the strong form on the spot.
The woken metal cut bonds in four target classes, from carbon-oxygen links to nitrogen pairs. A mild vitamin-based agent then reset the dye for the next round, using just one share per cycle. The runs took place at room warmth in water-mixed solvents. Light-woken metals could green many lab reductions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Monika Tomar, Caroline Bosch, Jules Everaert, Rohan Bhimpuria, Anders Thapper, Andreas Orthaber, K Eszter Borbas |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |