{"title":"Low quantum efficiency of μ-oxo iron bisporphyrin photoacatalysts explained with femtosecond M-edge XANES","authors":"Kori Sye, Clare A Leahy, Josh Vura-Weis","doi":"10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-x6q87","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Bridged μ-oxo iron bisporphyrins serve as photocatalysts for oxidative organic transformations, but suffer from low quantum efficiency. We use femtosecond optical and M2,3-edge XANES spectroscopy to investigate the early photodynamics of the μ-oxo iron bisporphyrin, (TPPFe)2O, providing evidence for the preferential formation of an TPPFe(III)+/TPPFe(III)-O- ion pair state instead of the desired TPPFe(II)/TPPFe(IV)=O.","PeriodicalId":9643,"journal":{"name":"Catalysis Science & Technology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Catalysis Science & Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.26434/chemrxiv-2021-x6q87","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Bridged μ-oxo iron bisporphyrins serve as photocatalysts for oxidative organic transformations, but suffer from low quantum efficiency. We use femtosecond optical and M2,3-edge XANES spectroscopy to investigate the early photodynamics of the μ-oxo iron bisporphyrin, (TPPFe)2O, providing evidence for the preferential formation of an TPPFe(III)+/TPPFe(III)-O- ion pair state instead of the desired TPPFe(II)/TPPFe(IV)=O.