Abstract
Photoexcitation of a Mn IV -oxo complex binding scandium ions ([(Bn-TPEN)Mn IV (O)] 2+ -(Sc(OTf) 3 ) 2 ) in a solvent mixture of trifluoroethanol and acetonitrile (v/v = 1:1) resulted in formation of the long-lived photoexcited state, which can hydroxylate benzene to phenol. The photohydroxylation of benzene by [(Bn-TPEN)Mn IV (O)] 2+ -(Sc(OTf) 3 ) 2 was made possible by electron transfer from benzene to the long-lived 2 E excited state of [(Bn-TPEN)Mn IV (O)] 2+ -(Sc(OTf) 3 ) 2 to produce a benzene radical cation, which reacted with water as revealed by laser-induced transient absorption measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 8405-8409 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 140 |
| Issue number | 27 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 11 Jul 2018 |
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