Issue 25, 2020

Luminescent tungsten(vi) complexes as photocatalysts for light-driven C–C and C–B bond formation reactions

Abstract

The realization of photocatalysis for practical synthetic application hinges on the development of inexpensive photocatalysts which can be prepared on a large scale. Herein an air-stable, visible-light-absorbing photoluminescent tungsten(VI) complex which can be conveniently prepared at the gram-scale is described. This complex could catalyse photochemical organic transformation reactions including borylation of aryl halides, such as aryl chloride, reductive coupling of benzyl bromides for C–C bond formation, reductive coupling of phenacyl bromides, and decarboxylative coupling of redox-active esters of alkyl carboxylic acid with high product yields and broad functional group tolerance.

Graphical abstract: Luminescent tungsten(vi) complexes as photocatalysts for light-driven C–C and C–B bond formation reactions

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
05 Mar 2020
Accepted
23 May 2020
First published
25 May 2020
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Chem. Sci., 2020,11, 6370-6382

Luminescent tungsten(VI) complexes as photocatalysts for light-driven C–C and C–B bond formation reactions

D. Yu, W. To, G. S. M. Tong, L. Wu, K. Chan, L. Du, D. L. Phillips, Y. Liu and C. Che, Chem. Sci., 2020, 11, 6370 DOI: 10.1039/D0SC01340D

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