Chemistry - A European Journal, volume 29, issue 64

Photo‐catalyzed α‐arylation of enol acetate using recyclable silica‐supported heteroleptic and homoleptic copper(I) photosensitizers

Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2023-10-11
scimago Q1
SJR1.058
CiteScore7.9
Impact factor3.9
ISSN09476539, 15213765
General Chemistry
Catalysis
Organic Chemistry
Abstract

Earth‐abundant photosensitizers are highly sought after for light‐mediated applications, such as photoredox catalysis, depollution and energy conversion schemes. Homoleptic and heteroleptic copper(I) complexes are promising candidates in this field, as copper is abundant and the corresponding complexes are easily obtained in smooth conditions. However, some heteroleptic copper(I) complexes suffer from low (photo)stability that leads to the gradual formation of the corresponding homoleptic complex. Such degradation pathways are detrimental, especially when recyclability is desired. This study reports a novel approach for the heterogenization of homoleptic and heteroleptic Cu complexes on silica nanoparticles. In both cases, the photophysical properties upon surface immobilization were only slightly affected. Excited‐state quenching with aryl diazonium derivatives occurred efficiently (108–1010 M−1 s−1) with heterogeneous and homogeneous photosensitizers. Moderate but almost identical yields were obtained for the α‐arylation of enol acetate using the homoleptic complex in homogeneous or heterogeneous conditions. Importantly, the silica‐supported photocatalysts were recycled with moderate loss in photoactivity over multiple experiments. Transient absorption spectroscopy confirmed that excited‐state electron transfer occurred from the homogeneous and heterogeneous homoleptic copper(I) complexes to aryl diazonium derivatives, generating the corresponding copper(II) center that persisted for several hundreds of microseconds, compatible with photoredox catalysis applications.

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