Photocatalytic hydrogen production from hantzsch 1,4-dihydropyridines by platinum(II) terpyridyl complexes in homogeneous solution

Dong Zhang; Li-Zhu Wu; Li Zhou; Xue Han; Qing-Zheng Yang; Li-Ping Zhang; Chen-Ho Tung

doi:10.1021/ja037631o

Photocatalytic hydrogen production from hantzsch 1,4-dihydropyridines by platinum(II) terpyridyl complexes in homogeneous solution

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Mar 24;126(11):3440-1. doi: 10.1021/ja037631o.

Authors

Dong Zhang¹, Li-Zhu Wu, Li Zhou, Xue Han, Qing-Zheng Yang, Li-Ping Zhang, Chen-Ho Tung

Affiliation

¹ Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.

PMID: 15025468
DOI: 10.1021/ja037631o

Abstract

1,4-Dihydropyridines have been photocatalytically oxidized to pyridines by platinum(II) terpyridyl complexes with the generation of hydrogen in homogeneous solution. The hydrogen production proceeds in quantitative yield and with great catalytic turnover.