Unveiling Extreme Photoreduction Potentials of Donor–Acceptor Cyanoarenes to Access Aryl Radicals from Aryl Chlorides
作者:Jinhui Xu、Jilei Cao、Xiangyang Wu、Han Wang、Xiaona Yang、Xinxin Tang、Ren Wei Toh、Rong Zhou、Edwin K. L. Yeow、Jie Wu
DOI:10.1021/jacs.1c05994
日期:2021.8.25
5-tetrakis(carbazol-9-yl)-4,6-dicyanobenzene (4CzIPN), have been widely applied in photoredox catalysis and used as excellent metal-free alternatives to noble metal Ir- and Ru-based photocatalysts. However, all the reported photoredox reactions involving this chromophore family are based on harnessing the energy from a single visible light photon, with a limited range of redox potentials from −1.92 to +1.79 V vs SCE
自 2016 年张的开创性工作以来,供体 - 受体氰芳烃基荧光团,如 1,2,3,5-四(咔唑-9-基)-4,6-二氰基苯(4CzIPN),已广泛应用于光氧化还原催化,并用作贵金属 Ir 和 Ru 基光催化剂的优良无金属替代品。然而,所有报道的涉及这个发色团家族的光氧化还原反应都是基于利用来自单个可见光光子的能量,氧化还原电位范围有限,从 -1.92 到 +1.79 V vs SCE。在这里,我们记录了这一前所未有的发现,即该荧光团家族可以进行连续的光致电子转移 (ConPET) 以实现非常高的还原电位。一种新合成的催化剂,2,4,5-tri(9 H-咔唑-9-基)-6-(乙基(苯基)氨基)间苯二甲腈 (3CzEPAIPN),具有长寿命 (12.95 ns) 激发自由基阴离子形式,3CzEPAIPN •– *,可用于活化还原性顽固芳基氯化物(E red ≈ -1.9 至 -2.9 V vs