Discovery and Elucidation of Counteranion Dependence in Photoredox Catalysis

• Published in: Journal of the American Chemical Society Vol. 141; no. 15; pp. 6385 - 6391
• Main Authors: Farney, Elliot P, Chapman, Steven J, Swords, Wesley B, Torelli, Marco D, Hamers, Robert J, Yoon, Tehshik P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 17.04.2019
• Subjects: cations; hydrogen bonding; ligands; oxidants; photocatalysis; photocatalysts; reaction mechanisms; redox reactions

Over the past decade, there has been a renewed interest in the use of transition metal polypyridyl complexes as photoredox catalysts for a variety of innovative synthetic applications. Many derivatives of these complexes are known, and the effect of ligand modifications on their efficacy as photored...