Unveiling the origin of photo-induced enhancement of oxidation catalysis at Mo(VI) centres of Ru(II)-Mo(VI) dyads.

Maryam Nazari Haghighi Pashaki Tae Kyu ChoiEgmont J RohwerThomas FeurerAnne Kathrin Duhme-Klair Wojciech Gawelda Andrea Cannizzo

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2021)

Photo-induced oxidation-enhancement in biomimetic bridged Ru(ii)-Mo(vi) photo-catalyst is unexpectedly photo-activated in ps timescales. One-photon absorption generates an excited state where both photo-oxidized and photo-reduced catalytic centres are activated simultaneously and independently.

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