A visible-light-driven transfer hydrogenation on CdS nanoparticles combined with iridium complexes

Jun Li; Jinhui Yang; Fuyu Wen; Can Li

doi:10.1039/c1cc11800e

A visible-light-driven transfer hydrogenation on CdS nanoparticles combined with iridium complexes

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Jul 7;47(25):7080-2. doi: 10.1039/c1cc11800e. Epub 2011 May 26.

Authors

Jun Li¹, Jinhui Yang, Fuyu Wen, Can Li

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China.

PMID: 21614370
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc11800e

Abstract

A visible-light-driven transfer hydrogenation of carbonyl and C=C compounds has been developed by coupling CdS nanoparticles with iridium complexes, exhibiting high activities, excellent selectivities and a unique pH-dependent catalytic activity.