Excited state electron transfer after visible light absorption by the Co(I) state of vitamin B12

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Nov 11;50(87):13304-6. doi: 10.1039/c4cc02221a.

Abstract

The first example of excited state electron transfer from cob(I)alamin is reported herein. Vitamin B12 was anchored to a mesoporous TiO2 thin film and electrochemically reduced to the cob(I)alamin form. Pulsed laser excitation resulted in rapid excited state electron transfer, ket > 10(8) s(-1), followed by microsecond interfacial charge recombination to re-form cob(I)alamin. The supernucleophilic cob(I)alamin was found to be a potent photoreductant. The yield of excited state electron transfer was found to be excitation wavelength dependent. The implications of this dependence are discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cobalt / chemistry*
  • Electron Transport
  • Light*
  • Quantum Theory
  • Vitamin B 12 / analogs & derivatives
  • Vitamin B 12 / chemistry*
  • Vitamin B 12 / radiation effects

Substances

  • Cobalt
  • Vitamin B 12