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Binuclear platinum(II) photochemistry. Rates of hydrogen atom transfer from organometallic hydrides to electronically excited Pt/sub 2/(P/sub 2/O/sub 5/H/sub 2/)/sub 4//sup 4 -/

Journal Article · · J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00235a051· OSTI ID:7100905

Previous investigations have established that the triplet dsigma*psigma excited states of d/sup 8/-d/sup 8/ binuclear complexes (/sup 3/M/sub 2/*, M = Rh, Ir, Pt) are readily oxidized by one-electron acceptors. A related but largely unexplored reaction for these /sup 3/M/sub 2/* states is hydrogen atom abstraction, RH + /sup 3/M/sub 2/* ..-->.. R/sup ./ + /sup ./M/sub 2/H, a step that was proposed by Roundhill to be a primary process in the Pt/sub 2/-photocatalyzed conversion of isopropyl alcohol to acetone and dihydrogen (Pt/sub 2/ = Pt/sub 2/(P/sub 2/O/sub 5/H/sub 2/)/sub 4//sup 4 -/). Support for Roundhill's proposal has come from work in their laboratory that has shown that /sup 3/Pt/sub 2/* will abstract hydrogen atoms from a large number of different substrates. Because of the potential importance of H atom transfer in hydrocarbon and related small-molecule activation processes, they are engaged in studies involving systematic variations in the substrate donor to /sup 3/Pt/sub 2/*: their aim is to elucidate the factors that control the reaction rates. Here they report the results of kinetic studies of H atom transfers from organometallic hydrides to /sup 3/Pt/sub 2/*.

Research Organization:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
OSTI ID:
7100905
Journal Information:
J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Am. Chem. Soc.; (United States) Vol. 109:1; ISSN JACSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English