A novel tripodal ligand, tris[(4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl-4-yl)methyl]carbinol and its trinuclear Ru(II)/Re(I) mixed-metal complexes: synthesis, emission properties, and photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Zhao-Yong Bian; Katsuhiro Sumi; Masaoki Furue; Shunsuke Sato; Kazuhide Koike; Osamu Ishitani

doi:10.1021/ic801527y

A novel tripodal ligand, tris[(4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl-4-yl)methyl]carbinol and its trinuclear Ru(II)/Re(I) mixed-metal complexes: synthesis, emission properties, and photocatalytic CO2 reduction

Inorg Chem. 2008 Dec 1;47(23):10801-3. doi: 10.1021/ic801527y.

Authors

Zhao-Yong Bian¹, Katsuhiro Sumi, Masaoki Furue, Shunsuke Sato, Kazuhide Koike, Osamu Ishitani

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Photochemical Conversion and Optoelectronic Materials, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China. bzy@mail.ipc.ac.cn

PMID: 18986137
DOI: 10.1021/ic801527y

Abstract

A novel tripodal ligand, tris[(4'-methyl-2,2'-bipyridyl-4-yl)methyl]carbinol (L), has been synthesized. The spectroscopic, electrochemical, and photocatalytic properties of the new trinuclear complexes (Ru(2)Re and RuRe(2)) linked by the tripodal bridging ligand L are then investigated. In addition, 2-fold-improved photocatalytic activities were obtained in the case of these trinuclear complexes compared to the mixtures of the appropriate monometallic model complexes in the reduction of CO(2) under visible irradiation.