Tuning Photoredox Catalysis of Ruthenium with Palladium: Synthesis of Heterobimetallic Ru-Pd Complexes That Enable Efficient Photochemical Reduction of CO2

Siteng Yang; Yuto Morita; Yuta Nakamura; Nobuharu Iwasawa; Jun Takaya

doi:10.1021/jacs.3c14338

Tuning Photoredox Catalysis of Ruthenium with Palladium: Synthesis of Heterobimetallic Ru-Pd Complexes That Enable Efficient Photochemical Reduction of CO₂

J Am Chem Soc. 2024 May 8;146(18):12288-12293. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c14338. Epub 2024 Apr 23.

Authors

Siteng Yang¹, Yuto Morita¹, Yuta Nakamura¹, Nobuharu Iwasawa¹, Jun Takaya²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1, O-okayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan.
² Division of Chemistry, Department of Material Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan.

PMID: 38651835
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c14338

Abstract

New Ru-Pd heterobimetallic complexes were synthesized and structurally characterized utilizing 6,6″-bis(phosphino)-2,2':6',2″-terpyridine as a scaffold for the metal-metal bond. The dicationic Ru-Pd complex was found to exhibit high catalytic activity as a photocatalyst for photochemical reduction of CO₂ to CO under visible light irradiation. This study established a new design of transition metal catalysts that tune photoredox catalysis with metalloligands.