Bespoke Photoreductants: Tungsten Arylisocyanides
Abstract
Modular syntheses of oligoarylisocyanide ligands that are derivatives of 2,6-diisopropylphenyl isocyanide (CNdipp) have been developed; tungsten complexes incorporating these oligoarylisocyanide ligands exhibit intense metal-to-ligand charge-transfer visible absorptions that are red-shifted and more intense than those of the parent W(CNdipp)_6 complex. Additionally, these W(CNAr)_6 complexes have enhanced excited-state properties, including longer lifetimes and very high quantum yields. The decay kinetics of electronically excited W(CNAr)_6 complexes (*W(CNAr)_6) show solvent dependences; faster decay is observed in higher dielectric solvents. *W(CNAr)_6 lifetimes are temperature dependent, suggestive of a strong coupling nonradiative decay mechanism that promotes repopulation of the ground state. Notably, *W(CNAr)_6 complexes are exceptionally strong reductants: [W(CNAr)_6]+/*W(CNAr)_6 potentials are more negative than −2.7 V vs [Cp_2Fe]^+/Cp_2Fe.
Additional Information
© 2015 American Chemical Society. Received October 24, 2014. Publication Date (Web): January 16, 2015. We thank Michael Takase and David VanderVelde for assistance with X-ray and NMR experiments. Discussions with Aaron Rachford, Paul LaBeaume, Jim Thackeray, and Jim Cameron in the early stages of this work were very helpful. The Bruker KAPPA APEX II X-ray diffractometer was purchased via an NSF CRIF:MU award to the California Institute of Technology (CHE-0639094). Our work is supported by the National Science Foundation Center for Chemical Innovation in Solar Fuels (CHE-1305124) and a CCI postdoctoral fellowship to W.S.Attached Files
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- 10.1021/ja510973h
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- CHE-0639094
- NSF
- CHE-1305124
- NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
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