Regioselective Plasmon-Driven Decarboxylation of Mercaptobenzoic Acids Triggered by Distinct Reactive Oxygen Species

• Published in: ACS catalysis Vol. 12; no. 23; pp. 14619 - 14628
• Main Authors: dos Santos Lopes, Douglas, dos Santos Abreu, Dieric, Ando, Rômulo Augusto, Corio, Paola
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Chemical Society 02.12.2022
• Subjects: regioselectivity; decarboxylation; hot carriers; reactive oxygen species; surface plasmon

The non-radiative decay of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in plasmonic metal nanoparticles (NPs) opens up unique hot-carrier-driven chemical transformation mechanisms. Here, the hot-carrier generation of reactive oxygen species was demonstrated to trigger the regioselective plasmon-driven decarboxy...