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We have discovered a new class of organometallic complexes that are very powerful reducing agents. In some cases these reducing agents have oxidation potentials up to ≈ 2 volts (vs NHE). In addition to being quite powerful, the reducing agents are very versatile and they are easy to generate. Their versatility is demonstrated by their ability to reduce a wide variety of complexes, including organics, inorganics, classical coordination complexes, and organometallic species. Furthermore the reduction reactions can be carried out in aqueous or non-aqueous solvents. Perhaps the most remarkable feature of these reducing agents is their ease of generation; these species form simply by irradiating (generally λ > 500 nm) a metalmetal bonded carbonyl dimer in the presence of an appropriate ligand.
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Tyler, D.R., MacKenzie, V., Goldman, A.S. (1987). Photochemical Generation of Nineteen-Electron Organometallic Complexes and their Use as Reducing Agents in Micellar Systems. In: Yersin, H., Vogler, A. (eds) Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72666-8_48
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