Efficient visible-light-driven photocatalysis. Poly (pyridine-2, 5-diyl)-catalysed hydrogen photoevolution and photoreduction of carbonyl compounds

S Matsuoka, T Kohzuki, A Nakamura, C Pac…

Index: Matsuoka, Shinjiro; Kohzuki, Takao; Nakamura, Atsushi; Pac, Chyongjin; Yanagida, Shozo Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1991 , # 8 p. 580 - 581

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Abstract

Poly (pyridine-2, 5-diyl), an insoluble yellow powder, shows efficient photocatalysis under visible light (λ> 400 nm) towards water and some carbonyl compounds in the presence of triethylamine as a sacrificial electron donor, yielding H2 and corresponding alcohols, respectively.