Pyranopterin Related Dithiolene Molybdenum Complexes as Homogeneous Catalysts for CO2 Photoreduction

Catalyst

[K]2[MoO(Hqpdt)2] [MoO(2Hqpdt)2][NBu4] [MoO(qpdt)2][NBu4]2

Photosensitizer

Ru(bpy)3Cl2

Investigation

	cat	cat conc [µM]	PS	PS conc [mM]	e-D	e-D conc [M]	solvent A	.	.	.	λexc [nm]	.	TON CO	TON H2	TON HCOOH	.
1.	[MoO(qpdt)2][NBu4]2	0.05	Ru(bpy)3Cl2	0.5	BIH	0.1	MeCN				400		73	670	80
2.	[K]2[MoO(Hqpdt)2]	0.05	Ru(bpy)3Cl2	0.5	BIH	0.1	MeCN				400		13	51	31
3.	[MoO(2Hqpdt)2][NBu4]	0.05	Ru(bpy)3Cl2	0.5	BIH	0.1	MeCN				400		40	89	83

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Sacrificial Electron Donor

In this study, the experiments were done with the sacrificial electron donors TEOA (TEOA) and BIH (BIH).

Additives

In this study, different additives were used.