Chemistry Letters, Vol.43, No.3, 290-292, 2014
Synthesis of Highly Conjugated Dinuclear Ru Complexes Bridged by a Novel N2-N3 Ligand and Their Application in Photocatalytic Oxygenation of Sulfides
Highly conjugated dinuclear Ru complexes bridged by a novel N2-N3 ligand were synthesized. The dinuclear Ru complexes were active toward photoredox-mediated catalytic sulfide oxygenation via proton-coupled oxidation in neutral conditions. Various control experiments have shown that both dinuclear motif and light are essential for the reaction.