Citation: Jing ZHANG, Yang YANG, Zhong WEI, Xu JING, Chun-Ying DUAN. Ferrocene-Functionalized Metal-Organic Macrocycles Mimicking Hydrogenase for Photocatalytic Nitro Reduction[J]. Chinese Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, ;2022, 38(12): 2469-2478. doi: 10.11862/CJIC.2022.237 shu

Ferrocene-Functionalized Metal-Organic Macrocycles Mimicking Hydrogenase for Photocatalytic Nitro Reduction

Zhang Dayu College of Chemistry, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, China

Corresponding author: Xu JING, xjing@dlut.edu.cn
Received Date: 19 April 2022
Revised Date: 5 September 2022

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Two novel metal-organic macrocycles (M_Fe and M_Cu) were constructed using the flexible and redox-active ferrocene ligand. The macrocycles effectively quenched the fluorescence of organic dyes and exhibited the capability to trigger the photoinduced electron transfer. Due to relatively lower reduction potentials, M_Cu exhibited better catalytic features for proton reduction and could better catalyze the reduction of nitro compounds. The large size of the substrates leads to a decreased efficiency in the nitro reduction process. The Michaelis-Menten mechanism was used to verify the photocatalytic system, which revealed the importance of the interaction between substrate and catalyst.
- metal-organic macrocycle,
- ferrocene,
- photocatalytic,
- supramolecule,
- Michaelis-Menten mechanism
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