Red Light-Triggered CO Release from Mn2(CO)10 Using Triplet Sensitization in Polymer Nonwoven Fabrics

S.H.C. Askes, G.U. Reddy, R. Wyrwa, S. Bonnet, A. Schiller

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Abstract

© 2017 American Chemical Society.Applicability of phototherapeutic CO-releasing molecules (photoCORMs) is limited because they are activated by harmful and poorly tissue-penetrating near-ultraviolet light. Here, a strategy is demonstrated to activate classical photoCORM Mn2(CO)10 using red light (635 nm). By mixing in solution a triplet photosensitizer (PS) with the photoCORM and shining red light, energy transfer occurs from triplet excited-state 3PS∗ to a photolabile triplet state of Mn2(CO)10, which, like under near-UV irradiation, led to complete release of carbonyls. Crucially, such "triplet-sensitized CO-release" occurred in solid-state materials: when PS and Mn2(CO)10 were embedded in electrospun nonwoven fabrics, CO was liberated upon irradiation with low-intensity red light (≤36 mW 635 nm).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)15292-15295
JournalJournal of the American Chemical Society
Volume139
Issue number43
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2017
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by a grant from German Research Foundation (DFG) for supporting FOR 1738 (grant number SCHI 1175/2-2). A.S. thanks the DFG for a Heisenberg fellowship (grant numbers SCHI 1175/4-1 and SCHI 1175/5-1). ERC is ackowledged for a Starting grant to S.B. NWO is kindly ackowledged for financial support of S.B. via a VIDI grant.

FundersFunder number
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftSCHI 1175/2-2, SCHI 1175/5-1, SCHI 1175/4-1

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