From curiosity to applications. A personal perspective on inorganic photochemistry

Over the past several decades, the photochemistry and photophysics of transition metal compounds has blossomed from a relatively niche topic to a major research theme. Applications arising from the elucidation of the fundamental principles defining this field now range from probing the rates and mec...

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Published in:Chemical science (Cambridge) 2016-01, Vol.7 (5), p.2964-2986
Main Author: Ford, Peter C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Catalysis
Chemistry
Conjugates
Molecular machines
Photochemical
Photochemistry
Precursors
Transition metal compounds
Tuning
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Summary:Over the past several decades, the photochemistry and photophysics of transition metal compounds has blossomed from a relatively niche topic to a major research theme. Applications arising from the elucidation of the fundamental principles defining this field now range from probing the rates and mechanisms of small molecules with metalloproteins to light activated molecular machines. Offered here is a personal perspective of metal complex photochemistry drawn from this author's long involvement with this field. Several examples are described. Topics include characterizing key excited states and tuning these to modify chemical reactivity and/or photoluminescence properties, as well as using photoreactions as an entry to reactive intermediates relevant to homogeneous catalysts. This is followed by discussions of applying these concepts to developing precursors and precursor-antenna conjugates for the photochemical delivery of small molecule bioregulators to physiological targets. Described is an odyssey beginning with interest in colors of ruthenium( ii ) complexes and evolving into photochemical uncaging of potent bioregulatory molecules.
ISSN:2041-6520
2041-6539
DOI:10.1039/c6sc00188b