Designing a binuclear copper center-incorporated photocatalyst to simulate enzyme catalysis in aerobic hydroxylation of phenylboronic acids

Abstract

Inspired by the catalytic processes of enzymes, we developed a multifunctional catalytic system with enzyme-like active centers and cofactors by means of the crystal engineering strategy. Herein, a new photoactive...

Novel BODIPY-based MOFs toward high-efficiency photocatalytic oxidation of sulfides and arylboronic acids

“…Very recently, elegant efforts have thus been devoted to the light-promoted synthesis of valuable sulfoxides or phenols. 7,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30] Nevertheless, MOFs capable of photocatalytic organic transformations are still in the infancy stage, and their efficiency has large room for improvement. In this report, an organic photosensitizer, a pyridine-functionalized boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY), was employed, characteristic of large π-conjugated systems with attractive properties, 15,[31][32][33][34] involving conspicuous visible-light response, robust photostability, and a long-lived triplet excited state as well as relative insensitivity to the environment.…”

Advances in polyoxometalate-based electrochemical sensors in the last three years

“…and organic ligands (usually those containing coordination-active carboxyl, amidogen or hydroxy groups) have been introduced into the skeletons of POMs. 14–27 This situation undoubtedly contributes to an overwhelming diversity of molecular structures and unique properties, for example, photoluminescence/electroluminescence ability, reversible multi-electron transport capability, catalytic activity, and so on. Therefore, POM-based materials have been extensively utilized in optical devices, electrochemical/optical sensors, energy-related fields, and some other cutting-edge fields.…”