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- Title
Guest‐Regulated Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species from Porphyrin‐Based Multicomponent Metallacages for Selective Photocatalysis.
- Authors
Gao, Ke; Cheng, Ying; Zhang, Zeyuan; Huo, Xingda; Guo, Chenxing; Fu, Wenlong; Xu, Jianzhi; Hou, Gao‐Lei; Shang, Xiaobo; Zhang, Mingming
- Abstract
The development of novel materials for highly efficient and selective photocatalysis is crucial for their practical applications. Herein, we employ the host‐guest chemistry of porphyrin‐based metallacages to regulate the generation of reactive oxygen species and further use them for the selective photocatalytic oxidation of benzyl alcohols. Upon irradiation, the sole metallacage (6) can generate singlet oxygen (1O2) effectively via excited energy transfer, while its complex with C70 (6⊃C70) opens a pathway for electron transfer to promote the formation of superoxide anion (O2⋅−), producing both 1O2 and O2⋅−. The addition of 4,4′‐bipyridine (BPY) to complex 6⊃C70 forms a more stable complex (6⊃BPY) via the coordination of the Zn‐porphyrin faces of 6 and BPY, which drives fullerenes out of the cavities and restores the ability of 1O2 generation. Therefore, benzyl alcohols are oxidized into benzyl aldehydes upon irradiation in the presence of 6 or 6⊃BPY, while they are oxidized into benzoic acids when 6⊃C70 is employed as the photosensitizing agent. This study demonstrates a highly efficient strategy that utilizes the host‐guest chemistry of metallacages to regulate the generation of reactive oxygen species for selective photooxidation reactions, which could promote the utilization of metallacages and their related host‐guest complexes for photocatalytic applications.
- Subjects
REACTIVE oxygen species; ALCOHOL oxidation; HOST-guest chemistry; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ZINC porphyrins; BENZYL alcohol; PHOTOCATALYTIC oxidation; CHARGE exchange; FULLERENES
- Publication
Angewandte Chemie, 2024, Vol 136, Issue 14, p1
- ISSN
0044-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ange.202319488