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ArticleAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2023

Blue-to-UVB Upconversion, Solvent Sensitization and Challenging Bond Activation Enabled by a Benzene-Based Annihilator.

Till J B Zähringer, Julian A Moghtader, Maria-Sophie Bertrams, Bibhisan Roy, Masanori Uji, Nobuhiro Yanai, Christoph Kerzig

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Article in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Till J B ZähringerDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9285-3980
Julian A MoghtaderDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany.
Maria-Sophie BertramsDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2011-8543
Bibhisan RoyDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
Masanori UjiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.
Nobuhiro YanaiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Center for Molecular Systems (CMS), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-6544
Christoph KerzigDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, 55128, Mainz, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1026-1146
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEKyushu University · JP

Funding

Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt 20022/028Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft KE 2313/3-1Fonds der Chemischen Industrie Liebig FellowshipJapan Society for the Promotion of Science London JP20H02713, JP22K19051, JP22F21031Japan Society for the Promotion of Science London P21031Research Foundation for Opto-Science and TechnologyThe Murata Science Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several energy-demanding photoreactions require harsh UV light from inefficient light sources. The conversion of low-energy visible light to high-energy singlet states via triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC) could offer a solution for driving such reactions under mild conditions. We present the first annihilator with an emission maximum in the UVB region that, combined with an organic sensitizer, is suitable for blue-to-UVB upconversion. The annihilator singlet was successfully employed as an energy donor in subsequent FRET activations of aliphatic carbonyls. This hitherto unreported UC-FRET reaction sequence was directly monitored using laser spectroscopy and applied to mechanistic irradiation experiments demonstrating the feasibility of Norrish chemistry. Our results provide clear evidence for a novel blue light-driven substrate or solvent activation strategy, which is important in the context of developing more sustainable light-to-chemical energy conversion systems.

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Energy TransferPhotochemistrySustainable ChemistryTime-Resolved SpectroscopyUpconversion

Identifiers

PMID36398891
PMCPMC10108172
OpenAlexW4309288352

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