Tuning Photoredox Catalysis of Ruthenium with Palladium: Synthesis of Heterobimetallic Ru-Pd Complexes That Enable Efficient Photochemical Reduction of CO 2 .
Siteng YangYuto MoritaYuta NakamuraNobuharu IwasawaJun TakayaPublished in: Journal of the American Chemical Society (2024)
New Ru-Pd heterobimetallic complexes were synthesized and structurally characterized utilizing 6,6″-bis(phosphino)-2,2':6',2″-terpyridine as a scaffold for the metal-metal bond. The dicationic Ru-Pd complex was found to exhibit high catalytic activity as a photocatalyst for photochemical reduction of CO 2 to CO under visible light irradiation. This study established a new design of transition metal catalysts that tune photoredox catalysis with metalloligands.