2024
B. Pfund, D. Gejsnæs-Schaad, B. Lazarevski, and O. S. Wenger
Picosecond reactions of excited radical ion super-reductants.
Nat. Commun. 2024, 15, 4738, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49006-5 (link to article)
J. Franz, M. Oelschlegel, J. P. Zobel, S. A. Hua, J. H. Borter, L. Schmid, G. Morselli, O. S. Wenger, D. Schwarzer, F. Meyer, and L. González
Bifurcation of Excited-State Population Leads to Anti-Kasha Luminescence in a Disulfide-Decorated Organometallic Rhenium Photosensitizer.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 11272–11288, doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c00548 (link to article)
J. Wellauer, F. Ziereisen, N. Sinha, A. Prescimone, A. Velić, F. Meyer, and O. S. Wenger
Iron(III) Carbene Complexes with Tunable Excited State Energies for Photoredox and Upconversion.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 11299–11318, doi: 10.1021/jacs.4c00605 (link to article) (link to raw data)
N. Sinha, J. Wellauer, T. Maisuradze, A. Prescimone, S. Kupfer, and O. S. Wenger
Reversible Photoinduced Ligand Substitution in a Luminescent Chromium(0) Complex.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 10418–10431, doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c13925 (link to article)
S. Trippmacher, S. Demeshko, A. Prescimone, F. Meyer, O. S. Wenger, and C. Wang
Ferromagnetically coupled chromium(III) dimer shows luminescence and sensitizes photon upconversion.
Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202400856, doi: 10.1002/chem.202400856 (link to article)
C. Wang, H. Li, T. H. Bürgin, and O. S. Wenger
Cage escape governs photoredox reaction rates and quantum yields.
Nat. Chem. 2024, 16, 1151–1159, doi: 10.1038/s41557-024-01482-4 (link to article) (link to raw data)
S. J. Blom, N. S. Adamson, E. Kerr, E. H. Doeven, O. S. Wenger, R. Schaer, D. J. Hayne, F. Paolucci, N. Sojic, G. Valenti and P. Francis
Redox mediated enhancement and quenching of co-reactant electrochemiluminescence by iridium(III) complexes.
Electrochimica Acta 2024, 484, 143957, doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2024.143957 (link to article)
C. Wegeberg, D. Häussinger, S. Kupfer and O. S. Wenger
Controlling the Photophysical Properties of a Series of Isostructural d6 Complexes Based on Cr0, MnI, and FeII.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024, 146, 4605–4619, doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c11580 (link to article) (link to raw data)
2023
Y. Ye, P. Garrido-Barros, J. Wellauer, C. M. Cruz, R. Lescouëzec, O. S. Wenger, J. M. Herrera and J. R. Jiménez
Luminescence and Excited-State Reactivity in a Heteroleptic Tricyanido Fe(III) Complex.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 146, 954–960, doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c11517 (link to article)
J. Bharti, L. Chen, Z. Guo, L. Cheng, J. Wellauer, O. S. Wenger, N. von Wolff, K. Lau, T. Lau, G. Chen and M. Robert
Visible-Light-Driven CO2 Reduction with Homobimetallic Complexes. Cooperativity between Metals and Activation of Different Pathways.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 25195–25202, doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c07799 (link to article)
J. Jökel, E. Boydas, J. Wellauer, O. S. Wenger, M. Robert, M. Römmelt and U.-P. Apfel
A CuICoII Cryptate for the Visible Light-Driven Reduction of CO2.
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 12774–12783, doi: 10.1039/d3sc02679e (link to article)
T. Jin, D. Wagner and O. S. Wenger
Luminescent and Photoredox-Active Molybdenum(0) Complexes Competitive with Isoelectronic Ruthenium(II) Polypyridines.
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 63, e202314475, doi: 10.1002/anie.202314475 (link to article)
P. Yaltseva and O. S. Wenger
Photocatalysis gets energized by abundant metals
Science 2023, 382, 153–154, doi: 10.1126/science.adk5923 (link to article)
B. Pfund, V. Hutskalova, C.Sparr and O. S. Wenger
Isoacridone dyes with parallel reactivity from both singlet and triplet excited states for biphotonic catalysis and upconversion
Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 1180–11191, doi: 10.1039/d3sc02768f (link to article)
T. Ogawa, and O. S. Wenger
Nickel(II) Analogues of Phosphorescent Platinum(II) Complexes with Picosecond Excited-State Decay
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202312851, doi: 10.1002/anie.202312851 (link to article)
C. Wang, C. Wegeberg and O. S. Wenger
First-Row d6 Metal Complex Enables Photon Upconversion and Initiates Blue Light-Dependent Polymerization with Red Light
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202311470, doi: 10.1002/anie.202311470 (link to article)
N. Sinha, C. Wegeberg, D. Häussinger, A. Prescimone and O. S. Wenger
Photoredox-active Cr(0) luminophores featuring photophysical properties competitive with Ru(II) and Os(II) complexes
Nat. Chem. 2023, 15, 1730–1736, doi: 10.1038/s41557-023-01297-9 (link to article)
T. H. Bürgin, T. Ogawa and O. S. Wenger
Better Covalent Connection in a Molecular Triad Enables More Efficient Photochemical Energy Storage
Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 13597–13607, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02008 (link to article)
H. Li, C. Wang, F. Glaser, N. Sinha and O. S. Wenger
Metal–Organic Bichromophore Lowers the Upconversion Excitation Power Threshold and Promotes UV Photoreactions
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 11402–11414, doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c02609 (link to article)
T. Bens, J. Kübler, R. Walter, J. Beerhues, O. S. Wenger and B. Sarkar
Impact of Bidentate Pyridyl-Mesoionic Carbene Ligands: Structural, (Spectro)Electrochemical, Photophysical, and Theoretical Investigations on Ruthenium(II) Complexes
ACS Org. Inorg. Au 2023, 3, 184–198, doi: 10.1021/acsorginorgau.3c00005 (link to article)
N. Sinha, P. Yaltseva and O. S. Wenger
The Nephelauxetic Effect Becomes an Important Design Factor for Photoactive First-Row Transition Metal Complexes
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 145, 4903–4920, doi: 10.1002/ange.202303864 (link to article)
N. Sinha and O. S. Wenger
Photoactive Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited States in 3d6 Complexes with Cr0, MnI, FeII, and CoIII
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 4903–4920, doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c13432 (link to article)
M. R. Schreier, B. Pfund, D. M. Steffen and O. S. Wenger
Photocatalytic Regeneration of a Nicotinamide Adenine Nucleotide Mimic with Water-Soluble Iridium (III) Complexes
Inorg. Chem. 2023, 62, 7636–7643, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03100 (link to article) (link to raw data)
O. Mrózek, M. Mitra, B. Hupp, A. Belyaev, N. Lüdtke, D. Wagner, C. Wang, O. S. Wenger, C. M. Marian and A. Steffen
An Air- and Moisture-stable Zinc(II) Carbene Dithiolate Dimer Showing Fast Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and Dexter Energy Transfer Catalysis
Chem. Eur. J. 2023, 29, e202203980, doi: 10.1002/chem.202203980 (link to article)
2022
F. Glaser, O. S. Wenger
Sensitizer-controlled photochemical reactivity via upconversion of red light
Chem. Sci. 2022, 14, 149–161, doi: 10.1039/d2sc05229f (link to article) (link to raw data)
T. Ogawa, N. Sinha, B. Pfund, A. Prescimone and O. S. Wenger
Molecular Design Principles to Elongate the Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Excited-State Lifetimes of Square-Planar Nickel (II) Complexes
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 21948–21960, doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c08838 (link to article) (link to raw data)
L. Schmid, I. Fokin, M. Brändlin, D. Wagner, I. Siewert and O. S. Wenger
Accumulation of Four Electrons on a Terphenyl (Bis)disulfide
Chem. Eur. J. 2022, doi: 10.1002/chem.202202386 (link to article) (link to raw data)
J. A. Kübler, B. Pfund and O. S. Wenger
Zinc(II) Complexes with Triplet Charge-Transfer Excited States Enabling Energy-Transfer Catalysis, Photoinduced Electron Transfer, and Upconversion
JACS Au 2022, 2, 2367–2380, doi: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00442 (link to article) (link to raw data)
L. Schmid, P. Chábera, I. Rüter, A. Prescimone, F. Meyer, A. Yartsev, P. Persson and O. S. Wenger
Borylation in the Second Coordination Sphere of FeII Cyanido Complexes and Its Impact on Their Electronic Structures and Excited-State Dynamics
Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 15853–15863, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01667 (link to article) (link to raw data)
M. Oelschlegel, S.-A. Hua, L. Schmid, P. Marquetand, A. Bäck, J.-H. Borter, J. Lücken, S. Dechert, O. S. Wenger, I. Siewert, D. Schwarzer, L. González, F. Meyer
Luminescent Iridium Complexes with a Sulfurated Bipyridine Ligand: PCET Thermochemistry of the Disulfide Unit and Photophysical Properties
Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 13944–13955, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01930 (link to article)
T. H. Bürgin, F. Glaser, O. S. Wenger
Shedding Light on the Oxidizing Properties of Spin-Flip Excited States in a CrIII Polypyridine Complex and Their Use in Photoredox Catalysis
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 14181–14194, doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c04465 (link to article) (link to raw data)
S. Ossinger, A. Prescimone, D. Häussinger, O. S. Wenger
Manganese(I) Complex with Monodentate Arylisocyanide Ligands Shows Photodissociation Instead of Luminescence
Inorg. Chem. 2022, 61, 10533–10547, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c01438 (link to article) (link to raw data)
F. Glaser, O. S. Wenger
Red Light-Based Dual Photoredox Strategy Resembling the Z‑Scheme of Natural Photosynthesis
JACS Au 2022, 2, 1488–1503, doi: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00265 (link to article) (link to raw data)
N. Sinha, B. Pfund, C. Wegeberg, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger
Cobalt(III) Carbene Complex with an Electronic Excited-State Structure Similar to Cyclometalated Iridium(III) Compounds
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 9859–9873, doi: 10.1021/jacs.2c02592 (link to article) (link to raw data)
P. Herr, A. Schwab, S. Kupfer, O. S. Wenger
Deep-Red Luminescent Molybdenum(0) Complexes with Bi- and Tridentate Isocyanide Chelate Ligands
ChemPhotoChem 2022, e202200052, doi: 10.1002/cptc.202200052 (link to article) (link to raw data)
M. R. Schreier, X. Guo, B. Pfund, Y. Okamoto, T. R. Ward, C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Water-Soluble Tris(cyclometalated) Iridium(III) Complexes for Aqueous Electron and Energy Transfer Photochemistry
Acc. Chem. Res. 2022, 55, 1290–1300, doi: 10.1021/acs.accounts.2c00075 (link to article)
L. Zhang, B. Pfund, O. S. Wenger, X. Hu
Oxidase-type C-H/C-H Coupling Using an Isoquinoline-Derived Organic Photocatalyst
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, e202202649, doi: 10.1002/anie.202202649 (link to article) (link to raw data)
S. C. Remke, T. H. Bürgin, L. Ludvíková, D. Heger, O. S. Wenger, U. von Gunten, S. Canonica
Photochemical Oxidation of Phenols and Anilines Mediated by Phenoxyl Radicals in Aqueous Solution
Water Research 2022, 213, 118095, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118095 (link to article)
L. Schmid, F. Glaser, R. Schaer, O. S. Wenger
High Triplet Energy Iridium(III) Isocyanoborato Complex for Photochemical Upconversion, Photoredox and Energy Transfer Catalysis
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 963–976, doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c11667 (link to article) (link to raw data)
H. Li, O. S. Wenger
Photophysics of Perylene Diimide Dianions and their Application in Photoredox Catalysis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2022, 61, e202110491, doi: 10.1002/anie.202110491 (link to article) (link to raw data)
C. Wegeberg, O. S. Wenger
Luminescent Chromium(0) and Manganese(I) Complexes
Dalton Trans. 2022, 51, 1297-1302 doi: 10.1039/d1dt03763c (link to article) (link to raw data)
2021
M. Obermeier, F. Beckmann, R. S. Schaer, O. S. Wenger, M. Schwalbe
Sensitized Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction With Earth Abundant 3d Metal Complexes Possessing Dipicolyl-Triazacyclononane Derivatives
Front. Chem. 2021, 9:751716, doi: 10.3389/fchem.2021.751716 (link to article)
C. Wegeberg, O. S. Wenger
Luminescent First-Row Transition Metal Complexes
JACS Au 2021, 1, 1860–1876, doi: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00353 (link to article) (link to raw data)
C. Wegeberg, D. Häussinger, O. S. Wenger
Pyrene-Decoration of a Chromium(0) Tris(diisocyanide) Enhances Excited State Delocalization: A Strategy to Improve the Photoluminescence of 3d6 Metal Complexes
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 15800–15811, doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c07345 (link to article) (link to raw data)
T. H. Bürgin, O. S. Wenger
Recent Advances and Perspectives in Photodriven Charge Accumulation in Molecular Compounds: A Mini Review
Energy Fuels 2021, 35, 18848–18856, doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c02073 (link to article) (link to raw data)
P. Herr, C. Kerzig, C. B. Larsen, D. Häussinger, O. S. Wenger
Manganese(I) Complexes with Metal-to-Ligand Charge Transfer Luminescence and Photoreactivity
Nat. Chem. 2021, 13, 956-962, doi: 10.1038/s41557-021-00744-9 (link to article) (link to raw data)
F. Glaser, C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Sensitization-Initiated Electron Transfer via Upconversion: Mechanism and Photocatalytic Applications
Chem. Sci. 2021, 12, 9922-9933, doi: 10.1039/d1sc02085d (link to article) (link to raw data)
N. Sinha, J.-R. Jiménez, B. Pfund, A. Prescimone, C. Piguet, O. S. Wenger
A Near-Infrared-II Emissive Chromium(III) Complex
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 23722-23728, doi: 10.1002/anie.202106398 (link to article) (link to raw data)
L. Schmid, C. Kerzig, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger
Photostable Ruthenium(II) Isocyanoborato Luminophores and Their Use in Energy Transfer and Photoredox Catalysis
JACS Au 2021, 1, 819–832, doi: 10.1021/jacsau.1c00137 (link to article) (link to raw data)
S. Neumann, O. S. Wenger, C. Kerzig
Controlling Spin‐Correlated Radical Pairs with Donor–Acceptor Dyads: A New Concept to Generate Reduced Metal Complexes for More Efficient Photocatalysis
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 4115 – 4123, doi: 10.1002/chem.202004638 (link to article) (link to raw data)
J. B. Bilger, C. Kerzig, C. B. Larsen, O. S. Wenger
A Photorobust Mo(0) Complex Mimicking [Os(2,2'-bypridine)3]2+ and Its Application in Red-to-Blue Upconversion
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 1651–1663, doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c12805 (link to article) (link to raw data)
O. S. Wenger
Photoactive Nickel Complexes in Cross-Coupling Catalysis
Chem. Eur. J. 2021, 27, 2270 –2278, doi: 10.1002/chem.202003974 (link to article) (link to raw data)
2020
K. Heinze, O. S. Wenger
Light-Controlled Reactivity of Metal Complexes
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 20, 14627–14628, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c02791 (link to article)
X. Guo, Y. Okamoto, M. R. Schreier, T. R. Ward, O. S. Wenger
Reductive Amination and Enantioselective Amine Synthesis by Photoredox Catalysis
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2020, 10, 1288–1293, doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201900777 (link to article)
M. R. Schreier, B. Pfund, X. Guo, O. S. Wenger
Photo-Triggered Hydrogen Atom Transfer from an Iridium Hydride Complex to Unactivated Olefins
Chem. Sci. 2020, 11, 8582–8594, doi: 10.1039/d0sc01820a (link to article)
V. García-López, M. Zalibera, N. Trapp, M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger, F. Diederich
Stimuli-Responsive Resorcin[4]arene Cavitands: Toward Visible Light-Activated Molecular Grippers
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 11451–11461, doi: 10.1002/chem.202001788 (link to article)
C. B. Larsen, G. A. Farrow, L. D. Smith, M. V. Appleby, D. Chekulaev, J. A. Weinstein, O. S. Wenger
Solvent-Mediated Activation/Deactivation of Photoinduced Electron-Transfer in a Molecular Dyad
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10430−10438, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00679 (link to article)
F. Glaser, C. B. Larsen, C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Aryl Dechlorination and Defluorination with an Organic Super-Photoreductant
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2020, 19, 1035–1041, doi: 10.1039/D0PP00127A (link to article)
B. Pfund, D. M. Steffen, M. R. Schreier, M. S. Bertrams, C. Ye, K. Börjesson, O. S. Wenger, C. Kerzig
UV Light Generation and Challenging Photoreactions Enabled by Upconversion in Water
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 10468−10476, doi: 10.1021/jacs.0c02835 (link to article)
F. Glaser, C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Multi-Photon Excitation in Photoredox Catalysis: Concepts, Applications, Methods
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 10266–10284 doi: 10.1002/anie.201915762 (link to article)
S. Hua, M. Cattaneo, M. Oelschlegel, M. Heindl, L. Schmid, S. Dechert, O. S. Wenger, I. Siewert, L. Gonzalez, F. Meyer
Electrochemical and Photophysical Properties of Ruthenium(II) Complexes Equipped with Sulfurated Bipyridine Ligands
Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4972−4984, doi: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c00220 (link to article)
F. M. Hörmann, C. Kerzig, T. S. Chung, A. Bauer, O. S. Wenger, T. Bach
Triplet Energy Transfer from Ruthenium Complexes to Chiral Eniminium Ions: Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclobutanecarbaldehydes by [2+2] Photocycloaddition
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2020, 59, 9659–9668, doi: 10.1002/anie.202001634 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
A bright future for photosensitizers
Nat. Chem. 2020, 12, 323-324, doi: 10.1038/s41557-020-0448-x (link to article)
T. Brandl, C. Kerzig, L. Le Pleux, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger, M. Mayor
Improved Photostability of a CuI Complex by Macrocyclization of the Phenanthroline Ligands
Chem. Eur. J. 2020, 26, 3119–3128, doi: 10.1002/chem.201904754 (link to article)
F. Glaser, O. S. Wenger
Recent progress in the development of transition-metal based photoredox catalysts
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2020, 405, 213129 doi: 10.1016/j.ccr.2019.213129 (link to article)
P. Herr, O. S. Wenger
Excited-State Relaxation in Luminescent Molybdenum(0) Complexes with Isocyanide Chelate Ligands
Inorganics 2020, 26, 3119–3128, doi: 10.3390/inorganics8020014 (link to article)
C. Fischer, C. Kerzig, B. Zilate, O. S. Wenger, C. Sparr
Modulation of Acridinium Organophotoredox Catalysts Guided by Photophysical Studies
ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 210−215, doi: 10.1021/acscatal.9b03606 (link to article)
2019
A. Castrogiovanni , P. Herr, C. B. Larsen, X. Guo, C. Sparr, O. S. Wenger
Shortcuts for Electron-Transfer through the Secondary Structure of Helical Oligo-1,2-Naphthylenes
Chem. Eur. J.2019, 25, 16748 – 16754, doi: 10.1002/chem.201904771 (link to article)
C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Reactivity Control of a Photocatalytic System by Changing the Light Intensity
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 11023–11029, doi: 10.1039/C9SC04584H (link to article)
P. Herr, F. Glaser, L. A. Büldt, C. B. Larsen, O. S. Wenger
Long-Lived, Strongly Emissive, and Highly Reducing Excited States in Mo(0) Complexes with Chelating Isocyanides
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 14394-14402, doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b07373 (link to article)
X. Guo, Y. Okamoto, M. R. Schreier, T. R. Ward, O. S. Wenger
Reductive Amination and Enantioselective Amine Synthesis by Photoredox Catalysis
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 10, 11023-11029, doi: 10.1002/ejoc.201900777 (link to article)
M. Skaisgirski, C. B. Larsen, C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Stepwise Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Tetrathiafulvalene-Phenothiazine-Ruthenium Triad
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2019, 4256-4262 doi: 10.1002/ejic.201900453 (link to article)
S. Neumann, C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Quantitative Insights into Charge-Separated States from One- and Two-Pulse Laser Experiments Relevant for Artificial Photosynthesis
Chem. Sci. 2019, 10, 5624-5633 (link to article)
A. Pannwitz, O. S. Wenger
Proton-Coupled Multi-Electron Transfer and its Relevance for Artificial Photosynthesis and Photoredox Catalysis
Chem. Commun. 2019, 55, 4004-4014 (link to article)
C. Kerzig, X. Guo, O. S. Wenger
Unexpected Hydrated Electron Source for Preparative Visible-Light Driven Photoredox Catalysis
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 2122-2127 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Is Iron the New Ruthenium?
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6043-6052 (link to article)
S. Malzkuhn, X. Guo, D. Häussinger, O. S. Wenger
Electron Transfer across o-Phenylene Wires
J. Phys. Chem. A 2019, 123, 96-102 (link to article)
A. Pannwitz, O. S. Wenger
Recent Advances in Bioinspired Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 5861-5868 (link to article)
S. Neumann, O. S. Wenger
Fundamentally Different Distance Dependences of Electron-Transfer Rates for Low and High Driving Forces
Inorg. Chem. 2019, 58, 855-860 (link to article)
2018
O. S. Wenger
Photoactive Complexes with Earth-Abundant Metals
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13522-13533 (link to article)
J. Nomrowski, X. Guo, O. S. Wenger
Charge Accumulation and Multi-Electron Potoredox Chemistry with a Sensitizer-Catalyst-Sensitizer Triad
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 14084-14087 (link to article)
C. Kerzig, O. S. Wenger
Sensitized Triplet-Triplet Annihilation Upconversion in Water and its Application to Photochemical Transformations
Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 6670-6678 (link to article)
H. C. Schmidt, X. Guo, P. U. Richard, M. Neuburger, C. G. Palivan, O. S. Wenger
Mixed-valent molecular triple-deckers
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 11688-11691 (link to article)
X. Guo, Y. Okamoto, M. R. Schreier, T. R. Ward, O. S. Wenger
Enantioselective Synthesis of Amines by Combining Photoredox and Enzymatic Catalysis in a Cyclic Reaction Network
Chem. Sci. 2018, 9, 5052-5056 (link to article)
A. Pannwitz, S. Poirier, N. Béranger-Desmarais, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger, C. Reber
Controlling Second Coordination Sphere Effects in Luminescent Ruthenium Complexes by Means of External Pressure
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 7830-7833 (link to article)
J. Nomrowski, O. S. Wenger
Exploiting Potential Inversion for Photoinduced Multielectron Transfer and Accumulation of Redox Equivalents in a Molecular Heptad
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 5343-5346 (link to article)
H. C. Schmidt, C. B. Larsen, O. S. Wenger
Electron Transfer around a Molecular Corner
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 6696-6700 (link to article)
C. B. Larsen, O. S. Wenger
Photophysics and Photoredox Catalysis of a Homoleptic Rhenium(I) Tris(diisocyanide) Complex
Inorg. Chem. 2018, 57, 2965-2968 (link to article)
S. Malzkuhn, O. S. Wenger
Luminescent Ni(0) Complexes
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2018, 359, 52-56 (link to article)
X. Guo, O. S. Wenger
Reductive Amination by Photoredox Catalysis via Polarity-Matched Hydrogen Atom Transfer
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 2469-2473 (link to article)
C. B. Larsen, O. S. Wenger
Circular Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Donor-Acceptor-Acceptor Triad
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 841-845 (link to article)
C. B. Larsen, O. S. Wenger
Photoredox Catalysis with Metal Complexes Made from Earth-Abundant Elements
Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24, 2039-2058 (link to article)
2017
L. A. Büldt, O. S. Wenger
Luminescent Complexes Made from Chelating Isocyanide Ligands and Earth-Abundant Metals
Dalton Trans. 2017, 46, 15175-15177 (link to article)
A. Pannwitz, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron Transfer Coupled to Donor Deprotonation and Acceptor Protonation in a Molecular Triad Mimicking Photosystem II
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13308-13311 (link to article)
L. A. Büldt, O. S. Wenger
Chromium Complexes for Luminescence, Solar Cells, Photoredox Catalysis, Upconversion, and Phototriggered NO Release
Chem. Sci. 2017, 8, 7359-7367 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Exceptionally Long-Lived Photodriven Multi-Electron Storage without Sacrificial Reagents
Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 10808-10814 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, M. Orazietti, M. Neuburger, P. Hamm, O. S. Wenger
Intramolecular Light-Driven Accumulation of Reduction Equivalents by Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 5225-5232 (link to article)
L. A. Büldt, O. S. Wenger
Cr(0), Mo(0) and W(0) Isocyanide Complexes as Luminophores and Photosensitizers with Long-lived Excited States
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2017, 56, 5676-5682 (link to article)
L. A. Büldt, C. B. Larsen, O. S. Wenger
Luminescent Ni(0) Diisocyanide Chelates as Analogues of Cu(I) Diimine Complexes
Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 8577-8580 (link to article)
M. Skaisgirski, X. Guo, O. S. Wenger
Electron Accumulation on Naphthalende Diimide Photosensitized by Ru(2,2'-Bipyridine)32+
Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 2432-2439 (link to article)
L. A. Büldt, X. Guo, R. Vogel, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger
A Tris(diisocyanide)chromium(0) Complex Is a Luminescent Analog of Fe(2,2'-Bipyridine)32+
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 985-992 (link to article)
A. Pannwitz, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger
Ruthenium(II)-Pyridylimidazole Complexes as Photoreductants and PCET Reagents
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2017, 609-615 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Pump-Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of a Molecular Triad Monitoring Detrimental Processes for Photoinduced Charge Accumulation
Helv. Chim. Acta 2017, 100, e1600283 (link to article)
L. G. Heinz, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron Transfer in a Triarylamine-Organoboron-Ru(2,2'-Bipyridine)32+ Compound
C. R. Chimie 2017, 20, 230-236 (link to article)
2016
L. Büldt, X. Guo, A. Prescimone, O. S. Wenger
A Molybdenum(0) Isocyanide Analog of Ru(2,2'-Bipyridine)32+: Strong Reductant for Photoredox Catalysis
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 11247-11250 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Unusual Distance Dependences of Electron Transfer Rates
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 18657-18664 (link to article)
M. Orazietti, M. Kuss-Petermann, P. Hamm, O. S. Wenger
Electron Accumulation in a Molecular Pentad
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 9407-9410 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Reaction Rate Maxima at Large Distances between Reactants
Chimia 2016, 70, 177-181 (link to article)
A. Pannwitz, O. S. Wenger
Proton Coupled Electron Transfer from the Excited State of a Ruthenium(II) Pyridylimidazole Complex
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2016, 18, 11374-11382 (link to article)
A. G. Bonn, O. Yushchenko, E. Vauthey, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron Transfer in an Anthraquinone-Ru(bpy)32+-Oligotriarylamine-Ru(bpy)32+-Anthraquinone Pentad
Inorg. Chem. 2016, 55, 2894-2899 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Electron Transfer Rate Maxima at Large Donor-Acceptor Distances
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 1349-1358 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Increasing Electron Transfer Rates with Increasing Donor-Acceptor Distance
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2016, 55, 815-819 (link to article)
H. C. Schmidt, M. Spulber, M. Neuburger, C. G. Palivan, M. Meuwly, O. S. Wenger
Charge Transfer Pathways in Three Isomers of Napthalene-Bridged Organic Mixed Valence Compounds
J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81, 595-602 (link to article)
2015
L. Büldt, A. Prescimone, M. Neuburger, O. S. Wenger
Photoredox Properties of Homoleptic d6 Metal Complexes with the Electron-Rich 4,4',5,5'-Tetramethoxy-2,2'-Bipyridine Ligand
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2015, 4666-4677 (link to article)
A. G. Bonn, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Charge Accumulation by Metal Ion-Coupled Electron Transfer
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 24001-24010 (link to article)
J. Chen, O. S. Wenger
Fluoride Binding to an Organoboron Wire Controls Photoinduced Electron Transfer
Chem. Sci. 2015, 6, 3582-3592 (link to article)
L. G. Heinz, A. Yushchenko, M. Neuburger, E. Vauthey, O. S. Wenger
Tetramethoxybenzene is a Good Building Block for Molecular Wires: Insights from Photoinduced Electron Transfer
J. Phys. Chem. A. 2015, 119, 5676-5684 (link to article)
A. G. Bonn, O. S. Wenger
Charge Transfer Emission in Oligotriarylamine-Triarylborane Systems
J. Org. Chem. 2015, 80, 4097-4107 (link to article)
J. Nomrowski, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced PCET in Ruthenium-Phenol Systems: Thermodynamic Equivalence of Uni- and Bidirectional Reactions
Inorg. Chem. 2015, 54, 3680-3687 (link to article)
A. G. Bonn, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Charge Accumulation in Molecular Systems
Chimia 2015, 69, 17-21 (link to article)
J. Chen, M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Dependence of Reaction Rates for Bidirectional PCET on the Electron Donor-Electron Acceptor Distance in Phenol-[Ru(2,2'-Bipyridine)3]2+ Dyads
J. Phys. Chem. B 2015, 119, 2263-2273 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer with Photoexcited Ruthenium(II), Rhenium(I), and Iridium(III) Complexes
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2015, 282&283, 150-158 (link to article)
2014
A. C. Jahnke, J. Proppe, M. Spulber, C. G. Palivan, C. Herrmann, O. S. Wenger
Electronic Coupling Mediated by Furan, Thiophene, Selenophene and Tellurophene in a Homologous Series of Organic Mixed Valence Compounds
J. Phys. Chem. A 2014, 118, 11293-11303 (link to article)
A. G. Bonn, M. Neuburger, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Rhenium(I)-Oligotriarylamine Molecules
Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 11075-11085 (link to article)
A. C. Jahnke, M. Spulber, M. Neuburger, C. G. Palivan, O. S. Wenger
Electronic Coupling Mediated by Furan, Thiophene, Selenophene and Tellurophene in a Homologous Series of Organic Mixed Valence Compounds
Chem. Commun. 2014, 50, 10883-10886 (link to article)
J. Chen, M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Distance Dependence of Bidirectional Concerted Proton-Electron Transfer in Phenol-[Ru(2,2'-Bipyridine)3]2+ Dyads
Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 4098-4104 (link to article)
C. Bronner, O. S. Wenger
Long-Range Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Phenol-[Ru(2,2'-Bipyrazine)3]2+ Dyads
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2014, 16, 3617-3622 (link to article)
2013
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Mechanistic Diversity in Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer between Thiophenols and Photoexcited [Ru(2,2'-Bipyrazine)3]2+
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2013, 4, 2535-2539 (link to article)
M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Photoacid Behavior versus Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Phenol−Ru(bpy)32+ Dyads
J. Phys. Chem. A 2013, 117, 5726−5733 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron Tunneling between Randomly Dispersed Donors and Acceptors in Frozen Glasses and other Rigid Matrices
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15, 10673-10685 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron and Proton Transfer with Metal Complexes and Organic Molecules
Chimia 2013, 67, 337-339 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer with Photoexcited Metal Complexes
Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 1517-1526 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Vapochromism in Organometallic and Coordination Complexes: Chemical Sensors for Volatile Organic Compounds
Chem. Rev. 2013, 113, 3686-3733 (link to article)
A. Herbst, C. Bronner, P. Dechambenoit, O. S. Wenger
Gold Complexes with Tridentate Cyclometalating and NHC Ligands: A Search for New Photoluminescent Gold(III) Compounds
Organometallics 2013, 32, 1807-1814 (link to article)
W. Herzog, C. Bronner, S. Löffler, B. He, D. Kratzert, D. Stalke, A. Hauser, O. S. Wenger
Electron Transfer between Hydrogen-Bonded Pyridylphenols and a Photoexcited Rhenium(I) Complex
ChemPhysChem 2013, 14, 1168-1176 (link to article)
R. Hönes, M. Kuss-Petermann, O. S. Wenger
Photochemistry between a Ruthenium(II) Pyridylimidazole Complex and Benzoquinone: Simple Electron Transfer versus Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 2013, 12, 254-261 (link to article)
2012
M. Kuss-Petermann, H. Wolf, D. Stalke, O. S. Wenger
Influence of Donor-Acceptor Distance Variation on Photoinduced Electron and Proton Transfer in Rhenium(I)-Phenol Dyads
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 12844-12854 (link to article)
A. K. C. Mengel, B. He, O. S. Wenger
A Triarylamine-Triarylborane Dyad with a Photochromic Dithienylethene Bridge
J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 6545-6552 (link to article)
C. Bronner, O. S. Wenger
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer between 4-Cyanophenol and Photoexcited Rhenium(I) Complexes with Different Protonatable Sites
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 8275-8283 (link to article)
L. G. Reuter, A. G. Bonn, A. C. Stückl, B. He, P. Baran Pati, S. Zade, O. S. Wenger
Charge Delocalization in a Homologous Series of α,α’-Bis(dianisylamino)-Substituted Thiophene Monocations
J. Phys. Chem. A 2012, 116, 7345-7352 (link to article)
J. Hankache, M. Niemi, H. Lemmetyinen, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Linear Triarylamine-Photosensitizer-Anthraquinone Triads with Ruthenium(II), Osmium(II), and Iridium(III)
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 6333-6344 (link to article)
J. Hankache, O. S. Wenger
Large Increase of the Lifetime of a Charge-Separated State in a Molecular Triad Induced by Hydrogen-Bonding Solvent
Chem. Eur. J. 2012, 18, 6443-6447 (link to article)
B. He, O. S. Wenger
Ruthenium-Phenothiazine Electron Transfer Dyads with a Photoswitchable Dithienylethene Bridge
Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 4335-4242 (link to article)
J. Hankache, D. Hanss, O. S. Wenger
Hydrogen-Bond Strengthening upon Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Ruthenium-Anthraquinone Dyads Interacting with Hexafluoroisopropanol or Water
J. Phys. Chem. A 2012, 116, 3347-3358 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Photoswitchable Mixed Valence
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2012, 41, 3772-3779 (link to article)
C. Bronner, O. S. Wenger
Kinetic Isotope Effects in Reductive Excited-State Quenching of Ru(2,2’-Bipyrazine)32+ by Phenols
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2012, 3, 70-74 (link to article)
A. C. Jahnke, K. Pröpper, C. Bronner, J. Teichgräber, S. Dechert, M. John, O. S. Wenger, F. Meyer
A New Dimension in Cyclic Coinage Metal Pyrazolates: Decoration with a Second Ring of Coinage Metals by Inter-ring Metallophilic Interactions
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 2938-2941 (link to article)
J. Hankache, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Covalent Ruthenium-Anthraquinone Dyads: Relative Importance of Driving-Force, Solvent Polarity, and Donor-Bridge Energy Gap
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2012, 14, 2685-2692 (link to article)
2011
B. He, O. S. Wenger
Photoswitchable Organic Mixed Valence in Dithienylcyclopentene Systems with Tertiary Amine Redox Centers
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 17027-17036 (link to article)
H. C. Schmidt, L. G. Reuter, J. Hamacek, O. S. Wenger
Multistage Complexation of Fluoride Ions by a Fluorescent Triarylamine Bearing Three Dimesitylboryl Groups: Controlling Intramolecular Charge Transfer
J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 9081-9085 (link to article)
M. E. Walther, O. S. Wenger
Hole Tunneling and Hopping in a Ru(bpy)32+-Phenothiazine Dyad with a Bridge Derived from oligo-p-Phenylene
Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 10901-10907 (link to article)
C. Bronner, O. S. Wenger
Luminescent Cyclometalated Gold(III) Complexes
Dalton Trans. 2011, 40, 12409-12420 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Originating from Excited States of Luminescent Transition Metal Complexes
Chem. Eur. J. 2011, 17, 11692-11702 (link to article)
J. Hankache, O. S. Wenger
Microsecond Charge Recombination in a Linear Triarylamine-Ru(bpy)32+-Anthraquinone Triad
Chem. Commun. 2011, 47, 10145-10147 (link to article)
J. Hankache, O. S. Wenger
Organic Mixed Valence
Chem. Rev. 2011, 111, 5138-5178 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced Electron and Energy Transfer in Phenylene Oligomers
Chem. Soc. Rev. 2011, 40, 3538-3550 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
How Donor-Bridge-Acceptor Energetics Influence Electron Tunneling Dynamics and their Distance Dependences
Acc. Chem. Res. 2011, 44, 25-35 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Barrier Heights in Long-Range Electron Tunneling
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2011, 374, 3-9 (link to article)
2010
D. Hanss, M. E. Walther, O. S. Wenger
Accelerated Hole Transfer across a Molecular Double Barrier
Chem. Commun. 2010, 46, 7034-7036 (link to article)
J. C. Freys, O. S. Wenger
Supramolecular and Intramolecular Energy Transfer with Ruthenium-Anthracene Donor-Acceptor Couples: Salt Bridge versus Covalent Bond
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 5509-5516 (link to article)
M. E. Walther, J. Grilj, D. Hanss, E. Vauthey, O. S. Wenger
Photoinduced processes in fluorene-bridged rhenium-phenothiazine dyads: Comparison of electron transfer across fluorene, phenylene and xylene bridges
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2010, 4843-4850 (link to article)
D. Hanss, M. E. Walther, O. S. Wenger
Importance of covalence, conformational effects and tunneling-barrier heights for long-range electron transfer: Insights from dyads with oligo-p-phenylene, oligo-p-xylene and oligo-p-dimethoxybenzene bridges
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2010, 254, 2584-2592 (link to article)
A. Hijazi, M. E. Walther, C. Besnard, O. S. Wenger
Spectroscopy and photoredox properties of soluble platinum(II) alkynyl complexes
Polyhedron 2010, 29, 857-863 (link to article)
2009
D. Hanss, J. C. Freys, G. Bernardinelli, O. S. Wenger
Cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes as photosensitizers for long-range electron transfer: Occurrence of a Coulomb barrier
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 4850-4859 (link to article)
D. Hanss, O. S. Wenger
Conformational effects on long-range electron transfer: Comparison of oligo-p-phenylene and oligo-p-xylene bridges
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2009, 3778-3790 (link to article)
M. E. Walther, O. S. Wenger
Tuning the rates of long-range charge transfer in phenylene wires
ChemPhysChem 2009, 10, 1203-1206 (link to article)
D. Hanss, O. S. Wenger
Variation of charge transfer kinetics in structurally closely related dyads with rhenium photosensitizers
Inorg. Chim. Acta 2009, 362, 3415-3420 (link to article)
O. S. Wenger
Long-range electron transfer in artificial systems with d6 and d8 metal photosensitizers
Coord. Chem. Rev. 2009, 253, 1439-1457 (link to article)
D. Hanss, O. S. Wenger
Tunneling barrier effects on long-range charge transfer through covalent rigid rod-like bridges
Inorg. Chem. 2009, 48, 671-680 (link to article)
J. C. Freys, D. Hanss, M. E. Walther, O. S. Wenger
Chemistry with photons, protons and electrons
Chimia 2009, 63, 49-53 (link to article)
2008
M. E. Walther, O. S. Wenger
Energy transfer from rhenium(I) complexes to covalently attached anthracenes and phenanthrenes
Dalton Trans. 2008, 6311-6318 (link to article)
J. C. Freys, G. Bernardinelli, O. S. Wenger
Proton-coupled electron transfer from a luminescent excited state
Chem. Commun. 2008, 4267-4269 (link to article)
D. Hanss, O. S. Wenger
Electron tunneling through oligo-p-xylene bridges
Inorg. Chem. 2008, 47, 9081-9084 (link to article)
2007
O. S. Wenger
Tunneling-energy effects in photoinduced charge and energy transfer
Chimia 2007, 61, 823-825 (link to article)