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Azobenzene-based ruthenium(ii) catalysts for light-controlled hydrogen generation.

A TelleriaPiet W N M van LeeuwenZoraida Freixa
Published in: Dalton transactions (Cambridge, England : 2003) (2018)
Eight new ruthenium(ii) half-sandwich complexes containing azobenzene-appended pyridine (1), bipyridine (2-5) and phosphine (6 and 7) ligands have been synthesized and fully characterized. UV-vis spectroscopic studies showed that the trans-to-cis photoisomerization was strongly inhibited upon coordination to the metal centre in azopyridine-derived ligands 1 and 2, but it remained efficient in azobenzene-appended bipyridine (3-5) and phosphine (6 and 7) ligands. The complexes were tested as precatalysts for photo-controlled hydrogen generation by hydrolytic decomposition of ammonia-borane (AB). In situ irradiation of the reaction mixtures of compounds [Ru(p-Cym)(6)Cl]Cl and [Ru(p-Cym)(7)Cl]Cl induced a clear change in the catalytic reaction rate, serving as a proof of concept for light-controlled hydrogen generation.
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