Tricarbonyl rhenium(i) tetrazolato and N-heterocyclic carbene complexes: Versatile visible-light-mediated photoredox catalysts

Thomas P. Nicholls, Liam K. Burt, Peter V. Simpson, Massimiliano Massi, Alex C. Bissember

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Abstract

We have investigated the capacity of a range of structurally-diverse, photoactive rhenium(i) tricarbonyl complexes featuring either tetrazolato or N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands to facilitate fundamental classes of visible-light-mediated photoredox-catalysed reactions. In this study, we demonstrate that these systems mediate representative atom-transfer radical addition, hydrodehalogenation, and α-amino C-H functionalisation reactions. These rhenium(i) complexes provide greater or at least comparable reactivity to the prototypical photoredox catalyst [Ru(bpy)3]2+ in many cases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)12749-12754
Number of pages6
JournalDalton Transactions
Volume48
Issue number33
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Tricarbonyl rhenium(I ) tetrazolato
  • N-heterocyclic carbenes
  • Photoredox catalysis
  • ligands
  • hydrodehalogenation
  • atom-transfer

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