Photocatalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons by a bis-iron(III)-mu-oxo Pacman porphyrin using O2 and visible light

Joel Rosenthal; Thomas D Luckett; Justin M Hodgkiss; Daniel G Nocera

doi:10.1021/ja058731s

Photocatalytic oxidation of hydrocarbons by a bis-iron(III)-mu-oxo Pacman porphyrin using O2 and visible light

J Am Chem Soc. 2006 May 24;128(20):6546-7. doi: 10.1021/ja058731s.

Authors

Joel Rosenthal¹, Thomas D Luckett, Justin M Hodgkiss, Daniel G Nocera

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, 6-335, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.

PMID: 16704240
DOI: 10.1021/ja058731s

Abstract

The C-H bonds of hydrocarbons are oxidized catalytically by the electron-deficient Pacman porphyrin, (DPDF)Fe2O, using visible light and molecular oxygen as the terminal oxidant and oxygen atom source. The photocatalytic reactions proceed under mild conditions (ambient temperature and pressure) without the need for an external co-reductant.