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Phenylene-bridged bis(benzimidazolium) (BBIm2+): a dicationic organic photoredox catalyst
Kodama, Takuya,Kubo, Maiko,Shinji, Wataru,Ohkubo, Kei,Tobisu, Mamoru
, p. 12109 - 12117 (2020/11/27)
A dicationic photoredox catalyst composed of phenylene-bridged bis(benzimidazolium) (BBIm2+) was designed, synthesised and demonstrated to promote the photochemical decarboxylative hydroxylation and dimerisation of carboxylic acids. The catalytic activity of BBIm2+ was higher than that for a monocation analogue, suggesting that the dicationic nature of BBIm2+ plays a key role in these decarboxylative reactions. The rate constant for the decay of the triplet-triplet absorption of the excited BBIm2+ increased with increasing concentration of the carboxylate anion with a saturated dependence, suggesting that photoinduced electron transfer occurs within the ion pair complex composed of the triplet excited state of BBIm2+ and a carboxylate anion.