TY - JOUR
T1 - Ionic liquids as a novel medium for photochemical reactions. Ru(bpy) 3
2+/viologen in imidazolium ionic liquid as a photocatalytic system mimicking the oxido-reductase enzyme
AU - Álvaro, Mercedes
AU - Carbonell Llopis, Esther
AU - Ferrer, Belen
AU - Garcia, Hermenegildo
AU - Herance, José R.
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - Ionic liquids are suitable media which stabilize charged intermediates favoring those mechanisms that occur through charge separation. We have used ionic liquids to develop a photocatalytic system to perform the reduction of a carbonyl group to alcohol, thus mimicking the behavior of the reductase enzymes. The photochemical cycle is based on the well-known electron transfer from the Ru(bpy)3
2+ complex in its excited state, acting as electron donor to MV2+, which acts as electron acceptor. The initial electron transfer process can be promoted upon selective Ru(bpy) 3
2+ excitation by visible light. By means of laser flash photolysis we have provided evidence of the nature and lifetimes of the intermediates involved in the photocatalytic system. Thus, the initial electron transfer between Ru(bpy)3
2+ triplets and viologen MV 2+ forms the MV•+ radical cation, which upon accepting an H• atom from a suitable hydrogen atom donor, forms the corresponding dihydropyridine MVH+ reducing agent.
AB - Ionic liquids are suitable media which stabilize charged intermediates favoring those mechanisms that occur through charge separation. We have used ionic liquids to develop a photocatalytic system to perform the reduction of a carbonyl group to alcohol, thus mimicking the behavior of the reductase enzymes. The photochemical cycle is based on the well-known electron transfer from the Ru(bpy)3
2+ complex in its excited state, acting as electron donor to MV2+, which acts as electron acceptor. The initial electron transfer process can be promoted upon selective Ru(bpy) 3
2+ excitation by visible light. By means of laser flash photolysis we have provided evidence of the nature and lifetimes of the intermediates involved in the photocatalytic system. Thus, the initial electron transfer between Ru(bpy)3
2+ triplets and viologen MV 2+ forms the MV•+ radical cation, which upon accepting an H• atom from a suitable hydrogen atom donor, forms the corresponding dihydropyridine MVH+ reducing agent.
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U2 - 10.1562/2005-05-25-RA-542
DO - 10.1562/2005-05-25-RA-542
M3 - Article
C2 - 16231987
AN - SCOPUS:33644746542
SN - 0031-8655
VL - 82
SP - 185
EP - 190
JO - Photochemistry and Photobiology
JF - Photochemistry and Photobiology
IS - 1
ER -