Bimolecular Excited-State Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer within Encounter Complexes.

ABSTRACT: Bimolecular excited-state proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET*) was observed for reaction of the triplet MLCT state of [(dpab)₂Ru(4,4'-dhbpy)]²⁺ (dpab = 4,4'-di(n-propyl)amido-2,2'-bipyridine, 4,4'-dhbpy = 4,4'-dihydroxy-2,2'-bipyridine) with N-methyl-4,4'-bipyridinium (MQ⁺) and N-benzyl-4,4'-bipyridinium (BMQ⁺) in dry acetonitrile solutions. The PCET* reaction products, the oxidized and deprotonated Ru complex, and the reduced protonated MQ⁺ can be distinguished from the excited state electron transfer (ET*) and the excited state proton transfer (PT*) products by the difference in the visible absorption spectrum of the species emerging from the encounter complex. The observed behavior differs from that of react

SUBMITTER: Martinez K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9983007 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature