Light-induced water oxidation catalyzed by an oxido-bridged triruthenium complex with a Ru–O–Ru–O–Ru motif

• DOI: 10.1039/c6cc02816k
• Publication Date: 2016-05-31T10:36:06Z
• Authors: Yuta Tsubonouchi; Shu Lin; Alexander R. Parent; Gary W. Brudvig; Ken Sakai
• Keywords: Turnover number

A μ-oxido-bridged triruthenium complex (<bold>RuT2+</bold>), formed by air oxidation of a previously reported monoruthenium water-oxidation catalyst (WOC), serves as an efficient photochemical WOC with the turnover frequency (TOF) and number (TON) 0.90 s⁻¹ 610, respectively.