Photocatalytic Hydroxylation of Benzene by Dioxygen to Phenol with a Cyano-Bridged Complex Containing FeII and RuII Incorporated in Mesoporous Silica−Alumina
Yusuke Aratani,† Kohei Oyama,† Tomoyoshi Suenobu,† Yusuke Yamada,*,‡ and Shunichi Fukuzumi*,†,§,∥ †Department of Material and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, ALCA and SENTAN, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan ‡Department of Applied Chemistry and Bioengineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan §Department of Chemistry and Nano Science, Ewha Womans ∥Faculty of Science and Engineering, Meijo University, ALCA Aichi 468-0073, Japan University, Seoul 120-750, Koreaand SENTAN, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Nagoya, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b02909 Abstract Photocatalytic hydroxylation of benzene to phenol was achieved by using O 2 as an oxidant as well as an oxygen source with a cyano-bridged polynuclear metal complex containing Fe II and Ru II incorporated in mesoporous silica–alumina ([Fe(H 2 O) 3 ] 2 [Ru(CN) 6 ]@sAl-MCM-4...