Synthetic applications of proton-coupled electron transfer

EC Gentry, RR Knowles - Accounts of chemical research, 2016 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Redox events in which an electron and proton are exchanged in a concerted
elementary step are commonly referred to as proton-coupled electron transfers (PCETs) …

Ultrafast electron dynamics in solar energy conversion

CS Ponseca Jr, P Chábera, J Uhlig, P Persson… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Electrons are the workhorses of solar energy conversion. Conversion of the energy of light to
electricity in photovoltaics, or to energy-rich molecules (solar fuel) through photocatalytic …

Visible light enables catalytic formation of weak chemical bonds with molecular hydrogen

Y Park, S Kim, L Tian, H Zhong, GD Scholes… - Nature chemistry, 2021 - nature.com
The synthesis of weak chemical bonds at or near thermodynamic potential is a fundamental
challenge in chemistry, with applications ranging from catalysis to biology to energy science …

Excited-state proton-coupled electron transfer: different avenues for promoting proton/electron movement with solar photons

JC Lennox, DA Kurtz, T Huang, JL Dempsey - ACS Energy Letters, 2017 - ACS Publications
Excited-state proton-coupled electron transfer (ES-PCET) is a promising avenue for solar
fuel production and small molecule activation. Although less is known about ES-PCET …

Photobasic transition-metal complexes

O Bysewski, M Sittig, A Winter, B Dietzek-Ivanšić… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition-metal complexes, which exhibit photobasic properties, are highly promising for
chemical applications where the proton abstraction represents one key step. Photobases …

Taming tris (bipyridine) ruthenium (II) and its reactions in water by capture/release with shape-switchable symmetry-matched cyclophanes

C Yao, H Lin, B Daly, Y Xu, W Singh… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electron/proton transfers in water proceeding from ground/excited states are the elementary
reactions of chemistry. These reactions of an iconic class of molecules─ polypyridineRu …

Photoinduced electron transfer coupled to donor deprotonation and acceptor protonation in a molecular triad mimicking photosystem II

A Pannwitz, OS Wenger - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The first artificial donor–sensitizer–acceptor compound in which photoinduced long-range
electron transfer is coupled to donor deprotonation and acceptor protonation is reported …

CO2 Activation with Manganese Tricarbonyl Complexes through an H‐Atom Responsive Benzimidazole Ligand

KK Singh, CS Gerke, SS Saund, AM Zito… - … A European Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report the synthesis and characterization of two manganese tricarbonyl
complexes, MnI (HL)(CO) 3Br (1 a‐Br) and MnI (MeL)(CO) 3Br (1 b‐Br)(where HL= 2‐(2' …

Intermolecular Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactivity from a Persistent Charge-Transfer State for Reductive Photoelectrocatalysis

P Garrido-Barros, CG Romero… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Interest in applying proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) reagents in reductive electro-
and photocatalysis requires strategies that mitigate the competing hydrogen evolution …

Optical sensing of anions via supramolecular recognition with biimidazole complexes

SA Rommel, D Sorsche… - … –A European Journal, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Phosphorescent metal complexes with peripheral N‐H donor functionalities have attracted
great attention as potential molecular sensing units for anionic species lately. In this …