Highly selective visible light-induced Ti–O bond splitting in an ansa-titanocene dihydroxido complex

Abstract

Irradiation of a substituted ansa-titanocene(IV) dihydroxido complex with visible light induces Ti–O bond dissociation. In contrast to previous studies on structurally similar unbridged complexes, no side reactions are observed and formation of the Ti(III) species is highly selective. The formation of OH radicals was proved using a biradicaloid species.

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hydroxyl radical, titanium dioxide, titanocene, chelation, chemical bond, dissociation, electron spin resonance, environmental temperature, irradiation, light, photodegradation, polymerization, proton nuclear magnetic resonance
Citation
Godemann, C., Dura, L., Hollmann, D., Grabow, K., Bentrup, U., Jiao, H., et al. (2015). Highly selective visible light-induced Ti–O bond splitting in an ansa-titanocene dihydroxido complex. 51(15). https://doi.org//10.1039/c4cc09733e
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