An Efficient Aerobic Cross-dehydrogenative-coupling Reaction Photocatalyzed by a Novel Platinum(Ⅱ) Terpyridyl Complex Under Visible Light

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2014.05.0447

Abstract

Abstract:

In this paper, a novel platinum(Ⅱ) complex that is soluble both in water and in organic solvent was synthesized, and a visible-light-induced cross-dehydrogenative-coupling (CDC) reaction is studied by using the platinum(Ⅱ) complex as photocatalyst. With the aid of molecular oxygen as an oxidant, the oxidative coupling of nitroalkanes and N-phenyltetrahydroisoquinolines is achieved under irradiation with high efficiency both in water and in organic solvent. This provides a clean and facile synthetic scheme for visible-light-induced oxidative CDC reaction.

Key words: platinum(Ⅱ) terpyridyl complex, N-phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline, visible-light catalysis, cross-dehydrogenative-coupling

LIANG Wenjing, GAO Xuewang, XING Lingbao, MENG Qingyuan, ZHONG Jianji, LEI Tao, TONG Zhenhe, WU Lizhu. An Efficient Aerobic Cross-dehydrogenative-coupling Reaction Photocatalyzed by a Novel Platinum(Ⅱ) Terpyridyl Complex Under Visible Light[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2014, 32(5): 447-454.

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