Photocatalysis of chloroform decomposition by hexachloroosmate(IV).

Photochem Photobiol

Department of Chemistry, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA.

Published: August 2010

Hexachloroosmate(IV) effectively catalyzes the photodecomposition of chloroform in aerated solutions. The decomposition products are consistent with a mechanism in which excited state OsCl(6)(2-) reduces chloroform, rather than one involving photodissociation of chlorine atoms. Trace amounts of ethanol or water in the chloroform lead to photosubstitution to form OsCl(5)(EtOH)(-) or OsCl(5)(H(2)O)(-), neither of which is photocatalytically active.

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