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Photocatalytic dechlorination of unactivated chlorocarbons including PVC using organolanthanide complexes

28 June 2023, Version 1
Working Paper
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Abstract

Simple lanthanide cyclopentadienyl (Cp) complexes can photochemically cleave the sp3 carbon-chlorine bond of unactivated chlorinated hydrocarbons including polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The excited state lifetimes of these simple complexes are long (175 ns for (CpMe4)2CeCl) and the light absorption by the Cp ligand is efficient, so photocatalytic reactivity is enhanced for cerium and now also made possible for neighboring, normally photoinactive, lanthanide congeners.

Keywords

lanthanides
halocarbons

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DOI

10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-3mzgh
D O I: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2023-3mzgh [opens in a new tab]

Funding

Office of Science Basic Energy Sciences
DE-AC02-05CH11231
National Institutes of Health
S10OD024998

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