TY - JOUR A1 - Noll, Niklas A1 - Würthner, Frank T1 - Bioinspired water preorganization in confined space for efficient water oxidation catalysis in metallosupramolecular ruthenium architectures JF - Accounts of Chemical Research N2 - Conspectus Nature has established a sustainable way to maintain aerobic life on earth by inventing one of the most sophisticated biological processes, namely, natural photosynthesis, which delivers us with organic matter and molecular oxygen derived from the two abundant resources sunlight and water. The thermodynamically demanding photosynthetic water splitting is catalyzed by the oxygen-evolving complex in photosystem II (OEC-PSII), which comprises a distorted tetramanganese–calcium cluster (CaMn\(_4\)O\(_5\)) as catalytic core. As an ubiquitous concept for fine-tuning and regulating the reactivity of the active site of metalloenzymes, the surrounding protein domain creates a sophisticated environment that promotes substrate preorganization through secondary, noncovalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding or electrostatic interactions. Based on the high-resolution X-ray structure of PSII, several water channels were identified near the active site, which are filled with extensive hydrogen-bonding networks of preorganized water molecules, connecting the OEC with the protein surface. As an integral part of the outer coordination sphere of natural metalloenzymes, these channels control the substrate and product delivery, carefully regulate the proton flow by promoting pivotal proton-coupled electron transfer processes, and simultaneously stabilize short-lived oxidized intermediates, thus highlighting the importance of an ordered water network for the remarkable efficiency of the natural OEC. Transferring this concept from nature to the engineering of artificial metal catalysts for fuel production has fostered the fascinating field of metallosupramolecular chemistry by generating defined cavities that conceptually mimic enzymatic pockets. However, the application of supramolecular approaches to generate artificial water oxidation catalysts remained scarce prior to our initial reports, since such molecular design strategies for efficient activation of substrate water molecules in confined nanoenvironments were lacking. In this Account, we describe our research efforts on combining the state-of-the art Ru(bda) catalytic framework with structurally programmed ditopic ligands to guide the water oxidation process in defined metallosupramolecular assemblies in spatial proximity. We will elucidate the governing factors that control the quality of hydrogen-bonding water networks in multinuclear cavities of varying sizes and geometries to obtain high-performance, state-of-the-art water oxidation catalysts. Pushing the boundaries of artificial catalyst design, embedding a single catalytic Ru center into a well-defined molecular pocket enabled sophisticated water preorganization in front of the active site through an encoded basic recognition site, resulting in high catalytic rates comparable to those of the natural counterpart OEC-PSII. To fully explore their potential for solar fuel devices, the suitability of our metallosupramolecular assemblies was demonstrated under (electro)chemical and photocatalytic water oxidation conditions. In addition, testing the limits of structural diversity allowed the fabrication of self-assembled linear coordination oligomers as novel photocatalytic materials and long-range ordered covalent organic framework (COF) materials as recyclable and long-term stable solid-state materials for future applications. KW - catalysts KW - catalytic activity KW - ligands KW - macrocycles KW - water oxidation KW - ruthenium Y1 - 2024 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-361232 SN - 0001-4842 VL - 57 IS - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Würthner, Frank A1 - Noll, Niklas T1 - A Calix[4]arene‐Based Cyclic Dinuclear Ruthenium Complex for Light‐Driven Catalytic Water Oxidation JF - Chemistry - A European Journal N2 - A cyclic dinuclear ruthenium(bda) (bda: 2,2’‐bipyridine‐6,6’‐dicarboxylate) complex equipped with oligo(ethylene glycol)‐functionalized axial calix[4]arene ligands has been synthesized for homogenous catalytic water oxidation. This novel Ru(bda) macrocycle showed significantly increased catalytic activity in chemical and photocatalytic water oxidation compared to the archetype mononuclear reference [Ru(bda)(pic)\(_2\)]. Kinetic investigations, including kinetic isotope effect studies, disclosed a unimolecular water nucleophilic attack mechanism of this novel dinuclear water oxidation catalyst (WOC) under the involvement of the second coordination sphere. Photocatalytic water oxidation with this cyclic dinuclear Ru complex using [Ru(bpy)\(_3\)]Cl\(_2\) as a standard photosensitizer revealed a turnover frequency of 15.5 s\(^{−1}\) and a turnover number of 460. This so far highest photocatalytic performance reported for a Ru(bda) complex underlines the potential of this water‐soluble WOC for artificial photosynthesis. KW - water KW - oxidation KW - ruthenium KW - dinuclear KW - catalytic KW - artificial photosynthesis KW - homogenous catalysis KW - photocatalysis KW - ruthenium complexes KW - water oxidation Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-230030 UR - https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/chem.202004486 VL - 27 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lenczyk, Carsten A1 - Roy, Dipak Kumar A1 - Oberdorf, Kai A1 - Nitsch, Jörn A1 - Dewhurst, Rian D. A1 - Radacki, Krzysztof A1 - Halet, Jean-François A1 - Marder, Todd B. A1 - Bickelhaupt, Matthias A1 - Braunschweig, Holger T1 - Toward Transition‐Metal‐Templated Construction of Arylated B\(_{4}\) Chains by Dihydroborane Dehydrocoupling JF - Chemistry - A European Journal N2 - The reactivity of a diruthenium tetrahydride complex towards three selected dihydroboranes was investigated. The use of [DurBH\(_{2}\)] (Dur=2,3,5,6‐Me\(_{4}\)C\(_{6}\)H) and [(Me\(_{3}\)Si)\(_{2}\)NBH\(_{2}\)] led to the formation of bridging borylene complexes of the form [(Cp\(^{*}\)RuH)\(_{2}\)BR] (Cp\(^{*}\)=C\(_{5}\)Me\(_{5}\); 1 a: R=Dur; 1 b: R=N(SiMe\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\)) through oxidative addition of the B−H bonds with concomitant hydrogen liberation. Employing the more electron‐deficient dihydroborane [3,5‐(CF\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\)‐C\(_{6}\)H\(_{3}\)BH\(_{2}\)] led to the formation of an anionic complex bearing a tetraarylated chain of four boron atoms, namely Li(THF)\(_{4}\)[(Cp\(^{*}\)Ru)\(_{2}\)B\(_{4}\)H\(_{5}\)(3,5‐(CF\(_{3}\))\(_{2}\)C\(_{6}\)H\(_{3}\))\(_{4}\)] (4), through an unusual, incomplete threefold dehydrocoupling process. A comparative theoretical investigation of the bonding in a simplified model of 4 and the analogous complex nido‐[1,2(Cp\(^{*}\)Ru)\(_{2}\)(μ‐H)B\(_{4}\)H\(_{9}\)] (I) indicates that there appear to be no classical σ‐bonds between the boron atoms in complex I, whereas in the case of 4 the B\(_{4}\) chain better resembles a network of three B−B σ bonds, the central bond being significantly weaker than the other two. KW - transition metal KW - B−H activation KW - boron KW - dehydrocoupling KW - ruthenium Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-214324 VL - 25 IS - 72 ER - TY - THES A1 - Göbel, Thomas T1 - Wolfram-Ruthenium-Zweikernkomplexe mit verbrückenden Bis(thioaldehyd)-Liganden T1 - Tungsten-ruthenium binuclear complexes with bridging bis-thioaldehyde ligands N2 - Wolfram-Ruthenium-Zweikernkomplexe mit verbrückenden Bis(thioaldehyd)-Liganden: Synthese und Reaktivität in elektrophilen und nucleophilen Additionen. N2 - Tungsten-ruthenium binuclear complexes with bridging bis-thioaldehyde ligands: Synthesis and reactivity in electrophilic und nucleophilic additions. KW - Metallorganische Chemie KW - Ruthenium KW - Wolfram KW - Thioaldehyde KW - binuclear complexes KW - thioaldehydes KW - ruthenium KW - tungsten Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39912 ER - TY - THES A1 - Fischer, Frank T1 - Indenyl-Ruthenium-Thioaldehyd-Komplexe : Synthese, Struktur und Additionsreaktionen T1 - Indenyl Ruthenium Thioaldehyde Complexes : Synthesis, Structure and Addition Reactions N2 - Neue Indenyl-Ruthenium-Thioaldehyd-Komplexe wurden in einer fünfstufigen Synthese ausgehend von Ruthenium-(III)-chlorid erhalten. Die Thioaldehyd-Komplexe und alle Zwischenprodukte wurden NMR-spektroskopisch sowie kristallographisch untersucht und charakterisiert. Die neuartigen Verbindungen wurden auf ihre Reaktivität in Hetero-Diels-Alder-Reaktionen und nucleophilen Additionen hin untersucht. N2 - Novel indenyl ruthenium thioaldehyde complexes were obtained in a five-step synthesis starting from ruthenium (III) chloride. The thioaldehyde complexes and all intermediates were characterized by NMR spectroscopy as well as X-Ray diffraction. The reactivity of the new compounds in hetero Diels-Alder reactions and nucleophilic additions was studied. KW - Ruthenium KW - Indenylgruppe KW - Thioaldehyde KW - Komplexe KW - Ruthenium KW - Indenyl KW - Thioaldehyde KW - Ruthenium-Thioaldehyd-Komplexe KW - Indenyl-Ruthenium-Komplexe KW - ruthenium KW - indenyl KW - thioaldehydes KW - ruthenium thioaldehyde complexes KW - indenyl ruthenium complexes Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-18166 ER - TY - THES A1 - Stemmler, Marco T1 - Ruthenium-Thiozimtaldehyd-Komplexe T1 - Ruthenium-thiocinnamaldehyde complexes, preparation and cycloaddition reactions N2 - Der erste Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit befasst sich mit der Darstellung neuer achiraler und chiraler kationischer Ruthenium-Bis(phosphan)-Thiozimtaldehyd-Komplexe. Die Umsetzung der chiralen Hydrogensulfid-Komplexe mit unterschiedlich substituierten Zimtaldehyden in Anwesenheit von Trifluoressigsäure führt zu den chiralen Thiozimtaldehyd-Komplexen. Im zweiten Teil dieser Arbeit wird gezeigt, dass Thiozimtaldehyd-Komplexe bereitwillig Hetero-Diels-Alder-Reaktionen eingehen. Derartige Reaktionen können mit freien Vertretern dieser Spezies aufgrund deren Instabilität nur schwierig durchgeführt werden. Der dritte Teil der vorliegenden Arbeit befasst sich mit Cycloadditionsreaktionen der Thiozimtaldehyd-Komplexe mit 1,3-dipolaren Reagenzien. In einem weiteren Teil dieser Arbeit wird die Abspaltung der Thioether-Liganden vom Komplexfragment untersucht. N2 - The first part of the present work deals with the synthesis of new achiral and chiral cationic Ru-bis(phosphane)-thiocinnamaldehyde complexes. The reaction of the chiral hydrogensulfido complexes with various substituted cinnamaldehydes in the presence of trifluoroacetic acid gives the chiral thiocinnamaldehyde complexes. In the second part of this work it is demonstrated that the thiocinnamaldehyde complexes readily undergo hetero-Diels-Alder-reactions. The third part of this work deals with cycloaddition reactions of thiocinnamaldehyde complexes with 1,3 dipolar molecules. In a further part of this work the elimination reactions of the thiopyran ligands from the complex fragments are examined. KW - Ruthenium KW - Zimtaldehyd KW - Cycloaddition KW - Thiopyrane KW - Thiozimtaldehyd KW - Ruthenium KW - Cycloaddition KW - Thiopyran KW - thiocinnamaldehyde KW - ruthenium KW - cycloaddition KW - thiopyran Y1 - 2002 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-4050 ER -