Photoactivation of titanium-oxo cluster [Ti6O6(OR)6(O2CtBu)6]: mechanism, photoactivated structures, and onward reactivity with O2 to a peroxide complex-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Photoactivation of titanium-oxo cluster [Ti₆O₆(OR)₆(O₂C^tBu)₆]: mechanism, photoactivated structures, and onward reactivity with O₂ to a peroxide complex

Published:2023 Issue:3 Volume:14 Page:675-683
ISSN:2041-6520
Container-title:Chemical Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Chem. Sci.

Author:

Brown Stephen E.¹^ORCID,Mantaloufa Ioanna¹,Andrews Ryan T.¹,Barnes Thomas J.¹^ORCID,Lees Martin R.²^ORCID,De Proft Frank³^ORCID,Cunha Ana V.³⁴^ORCID,Pike Sebastian D.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

2. Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

3. Research Group of General Chemistry (ALGC), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

4. University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Abstract

The molecular titanium-oxo cluster [Ti6O6(OiPr)6(O2CtBu)6] can be photoactivated by UV light via a 2-electron pathway, which avoids free radicals, resulting in a deeply coloured mixed valent (photoreduced) Ti(iii/iv) cluster that can react with O2 to form a peroxide complex.

Funder

University of Warwick

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Royal Society

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

General Chemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2023/SC/D2SC05671B