Artificial photosynthesis
Jun.-Prof. Andrea Pannwitz, Universität Ulm
Prof. Kalina Peneva, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
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Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies
- Mattia Lepori,
- Simon Schmid and
- Joshua P. Barham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive activations of organic compounds harvesting photoredox catalysis.
Figure 2: General catalytic cycles of radical ion conPET (left) and radical ion e-PRC (right).
Figure 3: “Beginner’s guide”: comparison between advantages, capacities, and prospectives of conPET and PEC.
Figure 4: A) conPET reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides with PDI. B) Reductive C–H arylation with pyrrol...
Figure 5: A) Chromoselective mono- and disubstitution or polybrominated pyrimidines with pyrroles. B) Sequent...
Figure 6: A) Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines. B) Synthesis of ullazines.
Figure 7: A) Reductive phosphorylation of aryl halides via conPET. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 8: A) Reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides via conPET and selected examples from the substrate sco...
Figure 9: A) Reductive C–H arylation of aryl halides via conPET (top) and selected examples from the substrat...
Figure 10: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the su...
Figure 11: A) Reductive hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides with 4-DPAIPN. B) Proposed formation of CO2•−. C...
Figure 12: A) Reductive conPET borylation with 3CzEPAIPN (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope ...
Figure 13: Scale-up of conPET phosphorylation with 3CzEPAIPN.
Figure 14: A) Borylation of 1d. B) Characteristics and structure of PC1 with green and red parts showing the l...
Figure 15: A) Reductive C–H arylation scope with polysulfide conPET (top) and selected examples from the subst...
Figure 16: Scale-up of A) C–H arylation and B) dehaloborylation with polysulfide photocatalysis in continuous-...
Figure 17: A) Formation of [Ir1]0 and [Ir2]0 upon PET between [Ir1]+ and Et3N. B) Mechanism of multi-photon ta...
Figure 18: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides via multi-photon tandem photocatalysis. B) Selecte...
Figure 19: A) Carbonylative amidation of aryl halides in continuous flow. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 20: A) General scheme for reductive (RQ) and oxidative quenching (OQ) protocols using [FeIII(btz)3](PF6)...
Figure 21: A) Carbonylative amidation of alkyl iodides with [IrIII(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6. B) Selected examples fro...
Figure 22: A) Carboxylative C–N bond cleavage in cyclic amines. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope....
Figure 23: A) Formal reduction of alkenes to alkanes via transfer hydrogenation. B) Selected examples from the...
Figure 24: A) Birch-type reduction of benzenes with PMP-BPI. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope (sc...
Figure 25: Proposed mechanism of the OH− mediated conPET Birch-type reduction of benzene via generation of sol...
Figure 26: Reductive detosylation of N-tosylated amides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 27: A) Reductive detosylation of N-tosyl amides by dual PRC. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 28: A) Mechanism of the dual PRC based on PET between [Cu(dap)2]+ and DCA. B) Mechanism of the dual PRC...
Figure 29: A) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides with anthracene. B) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides rely...
Figure 30: A) Pentafluorosulfanylation and fluoride elimination. B) Mechanism of the pentafluorosulfanylation ...
Figure 31: A) α-Alkoxypentafluorosulfanylation (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope (bottom). ...
Figure 32: A) Oxidative amination of arenes with azoles catalyzed by N-Ph PTZ. B) Selected examples from the s...
Figure 33: A) C(sp3)–H bond activation by HAT via chloride oxidation by *N-Ph PTZ•+. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Figure 34: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H azolation of electron-rich arenes with pyrazoles using Mes-Acr+ as a photoca...
Figure 35: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated phot...
Figure 36: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TPA as an electro-activated photo...
Figure 37: Proposed mechanism (top) and mode of preassembly (bottom).
Figure 38: A) Possible preassemblies of reactive (left) vs unreactive (right) arenes. B) Calculated spin densi...
Figure 39: A) Recycling e-PRC C(sp2 )–H acetoxylation of arenes using DDQ as a photocatalyst. B) Proposed cata...
Figure 40: Gram scale hydroxylation of benzene in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 41: A) Radical ion e-PRC vicinal diamination of alkylarenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocat...
Figure 42: A) Sequential oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds under radical ion e-PRC using TAC+ as an e...
Figure 43: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds using ADQS as photocatalyst. B)...
Figure 44: Proposed tandem mechanism by Xu and co-workers.
Figure 45: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC decarboxylative cyanation using Cu(acac)2, Ce(OTf)3 and a box l...
Figure 46: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC benzylic cyanation using Cu(MeCN)4BF4, box ligand and anthraqui...
Figure 47: A) Radical ion e-PRC acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photoc...
Figure 48: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 49: Photoelectrochemical acetoxyhydroxylation in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 50: A) Radical ion e-PRC aminooxygenation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocatal...
Figure 51: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with organic trifluoroborates using Mes-Acr+ as p...
Figure 52: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using CeCl3·7H2O as catalyst. B) ...
Figure 53: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O as cata...
Figure 54: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with alkyl oxalates and 4CzIPN as photocatalyst. ...
Figure 55: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H carbamoylation of heteroarenes using 4CzIPN as photocatalyst...
Figure 56: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated hydrocarbon activation via the chlorine radical. B) Proposed m...
Figure 57: A) Selected examples from the substrate scope. B) Gram and decagram scale semi-continuous flow PEC ...
Figure 58: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with aliphatic C–H ...
Figure 59: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT activation of ethers using electro-activated TAC+ as photocatalyst. B) ...
Figure 60: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 61: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones using...
Figure 62: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical cerium-catalyzed oxydichlorination of alkynes using CeCl3 as cata...
Figure 63: Proposed decoupled photoelectrochemical mechanism.
Figure 64: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical ring-opening bromination of tertiary cycloalkanols using MgBr2 as...
Figure 65: A) Recycling e-PRC ring-opening functionalization of cycloalkanols using CeCl3 as catalyst. B) Prop...
Figure 66: Selected examples from the substrate scope of the PEC ring-opening functionalization.
Figure 67: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of chloro- and bromoarenes using DCA as catalyst and various accepto...
Figure 68: A) Screening of different phthalimide derivatives as catalyst for the e-PRC reduction of aryl halid...
Figure 69: Screening of different organic catalysts for the e-PRC reduction of trialkylanilium salts.
Figure 70: A) e-PRC reduction of phosphonated phenols and anilinium salts. B) Selected examples from the subst...
Figure 71: A) ConPET and e-PRC reduction of 4-bromobenzonitrile using a naphthalene diimide (NDI) precatalyst ...
Figure 72: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of phosphinated aliphatic alcohols with n-BuO-NpMI as catalyst. B) C...
Figure 73: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 74: A) Recycling e-PRC reductive dimerization of benzylic chlorides using a [Cu2] catalyst. B) Proposed...
Figure 75: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical C–H alkylation of heteroarenes through deamination of Katritzky s...
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism by Chen and co-workers.
Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors
- Grace A. Lowe
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1198–1215, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.88
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Diagram comparing the two reaction pathways for sacrificial electron donors (SD) in photocatalyzed ...
Figure 2: Diagram showing water-splitting systems developed by Girault, Scanlon, and co-workers that employ i...
Figure 3: Diagram illustrating the transfer of electrons in a photocatalytic particulate suspensions Z-scheme...
Figure 4: A. Structures of the molecules represented in part B. The numbers in brackets correspond to the com...
Figure 5: A. Structures of the molecules represented in part B. The numbers in brackets correspond to the com...
Selectivity control towards CO versus H2 for photo-driven CO2 reduction with a novel Co(II) catalyst
- Lisa-Lou Gracia,
- Philip Henkel,
- Olaf Fuhr and
- Claudia Bizzarri
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1766–1775, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.129
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structures of the molecular components used in this work: Co(II) complex 1 as the novel ca...
Figure 2: ORTEP drawing of crystal polymorph 1a (left) and 1b (right), shown at the 50% probability level. Hy...
Figure 3: UV–vis absorbance of complex 1 in DMA. Inset: zoom-in of the 500–800 nm range to visualize the low-...
Figure 4: Cyclic voltammetry of complex 1 in 0.1 M TBAPF6 solution of (a) DMA and (b) DMA/TEOA 5:1 (v/v). Bla...
Figure 5: Time evolution of CO (blue squares) and H2 (red triangles) with the power functional fitting (blue ...
Scheme 1: Proposed mechanism for the photoinduced reduction of carbon dioxide with the system presented in th...
Optimizing reaction conditions for the light-driven hydrogen evolution in a loop photoreactor
- Pengcheng Li,
- Daniel Kowalczyk,
- Johannes Liessem,
- Mohamed M. Elnagar,
- Dariusz Mitoraj,
- Radim Beranek and
- Dirk Ziegenbalg
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 74–91, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.9
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Photocatalytic hydrogen evolution with Pt-loaded polymeric carbon nitride.
Figure 1: SEM images of the Pt-PCN photocatalyst at different magnifications.
Figure 2: SEM-EDX elemental mapping images of C, N, and Pt on a particle.
Figure 3: Exemplary results of the mixing experiments using methylene blue to visualize and quantify fluid fl...
Figure 4: Red channel values of ROIs with different stirring speeds: (a) left space between reactor and draft...
Figure 5: Quantified mixing time using different stirring speeds.
Figure 6: Chemical actinometry results: (a) actinometer conversion at different irradiation time, (b) photon ...
Figure 7: Photon flux in the loop reactor with respect to the LED electrical current.
Figure 8: Absorbance as function of photocatalyst loading for different optical path lengths.
Figure 9: Long-term operation of the loop photoreactor.
Figure 10: Visualization of the response surfaces of the modified DOE model for the four parameters: (a) photo...
Figure 11: Parity plot of the measured photocatalytic hydrogen generation rate versus the values predicted by ...
Figure 12: Effect of photon flux on hydrogen generation rate: (a) hydrogen generation rate as function of the ...
Figure 13: Effect of inert gas flow rate on hydrogen generation rate: (a) hydrogen generation rate as a functi...
Figure 14: Effect of photocatalyst loading on the hydrogen generation rate: (a) hydrogen generation rate as fu...
Figure 15: Effect of stirring speed on hydrogen generation rate: (a) hydrogen generation rate as function of i...
Figure 16: 3D plot of AQE for different studied parameters: (a) AQE for different photon fluxes and inert gas ...
Figure 17: Reactor design: (a) CAD drawing of the loop reactor, (b) picture of the manufactured loop reactor.
Figure 18: Assembled reactor and 3D printed parts: (a) the whole reactor setup, (b) 3D printed propellers.
Figure 19: Photocatalytic reaction setup: (a) reaction setup flow diagram, (b) reaction setup in lab. 1 argon ...
