Donor–Acceptor Fluorophores for Energy-Transfer-Mediated Photocatalysis

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

10-2-2018

Publisher

American Chemical Society

Source Publication

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Source ISSN

0002-7863

Original Item ID

doi:10.1021/jacs.8b07271

Abstract

Triplet–triplet energy transfer (EnT) is a fundamental activation pathway in photocatalysis. In this work, we report the mechanistic origins of the triplet excited state of carbazole-cyanobenzene donor–acceptor (D–A) fluorophores in EnT-based photocatalytic reactions and demonstrate the key factors that control the accessibility of the 3LE (locally excited triplet state) and 3CT (charge-transfer triplet state) via a combined photochemical and transient absorption spectroscopic study. We found that the energy order between 1CT (charge transfer singlet state) and 3LE dictates the accessibility of 3LE/3CT for EnT, which can be effectively engineered by varying solvent polarity and D–A character to depopulate 3LE and facilitate EnT from the chemically more tunable 3CT state for photosensitization. Following the above design principle, a new D–A fluorophore with strong D–A character and weak redox potential is identified, which exhibits high efficiency for Ni(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of carboxylic acids and aryl halides with a wide substrate scope and high selectivity. Our results not only provide key fundamental insight on the EnT mechanism of D–A fluorophores but also establish its wide utility in EnT-mediated photocatalytic reactions.

Comments

Accepted version. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 140, No. 42 (October 2, 2018): 13719-13725. DOI. © 2018 American Chemical Society. Used with permission.

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