Photocatalytic turnover of CO2 under visible light by [Re(CO)3(1-(1,10) phenanthroline-5-(4-nitro-naphthalimide))Cl] in tandem with the sacrificial donor BIH

Alyssa Spear; Robson L Schuarca; Jesse Q Bond; Timothy M Korter; Jon Zubieta; Robert P Doyle

doi:10.1039/d1ra08261b

Photocatalytic turnover of CO₂ under visible light by [Re(CO)₃(1-(1,10) phenanthroline-5-(4-nitro-naphthalimide))Cl] in tandem with the sacrificial donor BIH

RSC Adv. 2022 Feb 10;12(9):5080-5084. doi: 10.1039/d1ra08261b.

Authors

Alyssa Spear¹, Robson L Schuarca², Jesse Q Bond², Timothy M Korter¹, Jon Zubieta¹, Robert P Doyle¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University Syracuse NY 13244 USA jazubiet@syr.edu rpdoyle@syr.edu.
² Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University Syracuse NY 13244 USA.

Abstract

Optimized photocatalytic conversion of CO₂ requires new potent catalysts that can absorb visible light. The photocatalytic reduction of CO₂ using rhenium(i) has been demonstrated but suffers from low turnover. Herein, we describe a [Re(CO)₃(1-(1,10)phenanthroline-5-(4-nitro-naphthalimide))Cl] photocatalyst, which when combined with the sacrificial donor 1,3-dimethyl-2-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzo[d]imidazole, results in selective production of formic acid and a high turnover number of 533 and turnover frequency of 356 h^-1. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction and DFT studies are also discussed.