Visible light mediated homo- and heterocoupling of benzyl alcohols and benzyl amines on polycrystalline cadmium sulfide.

The oxidative coupling of sp(3) hybridized carbon atoms by photocatalysis is a valuable synthetic method as stoichiometric oxidation reagents can be avoided and dihydrogen is the only byproduct of the reaction. Cadmium sulfide, a readily available semiconductor, was used as a visible light heterogeneous photocatalyst for the oxidative coupling of benzyl alcohols and benzyl amines by irradiation with blue light. Depending on the structure of the starting material, good to excellent yields of homocoupling products were obtained as mixtures of diastereomers.

Urea derivatives enhance the photocatalytic activity of dye-modified titanium dioxide.

Trace amounts of urea derivatives enhance the rate of nitrobenzene N3-sensitized TiO(2) photoreduction by catalyzing the proton transfer. The usually required addition of transition metal co-catalysts becomes dispensable for this visible light photocatalysis, facilitating its application in organic synthesis.

Syntheses, structures, and electrochemical properties of inclusion compounds of cucurbit[8]uril with cobalt(III) and nickel(II) complexes.

Inclusion compounds of a macrocyclic cavitand cucurbit[8]uril (CB[8]) with cobalt(III) and nickel(II) complexes of 1,3-diaminopropane (tn) and 1,3-diamino-2-propanol (tmOH) { trans-[Co(tn) 2Cl 2]@CB[8]}Cl.14H 2O ( 1), { trans-[Co(tmOH)(tmO)]@CB[8]}Cl 2.22H 2O ( 2), and { trans-[Ni(tmOH) 2]@CB[8]}Cl 2.

Cleavage of P-S bonds and oxygenation by a trinuclear iron carboxylate: synthesis and structures of iron clusters containing group 15/16 anions.

The first reactions of the trinuclear oxygen-centred iron carboxylate [Fe(3)(mu(3)-O)(mu(2)-piv)(6)(H(2)O)(3)](piv) (piv=(t)BuCOO(-)) with the neutral ligand precursor [RP(S)(mu-S)](2) (R=4-anisyl) are reported.

Jørgensen complex within a molecular container: selective encapsulation of trans-[Co(en)2Cl2]+ into cucurbit[8]uril and influence of inclusion on guest's properties.

The unprecedented selective encapsulation of trans-[Co(en)2Cl2]+ from the mixture of trans and cis isomers into the cavity of macrocyclic cavitand cucurbit[8]uril (C48H48N32O16, CB[8]) leads to the inclusion compound {trans-[Co(en)2Cl2]@CB[8]}Cl.17H2O (1). Single-crystal X-ray analysis, 1H NMR, and ESI-MS spectra confirm the formation of host-guest complex 1 in both solid state and solution.