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The Hexachlorocerate(III) Anion: A Potent, Benchtop Stable, and Readily Available Ultraviolet A Photosensitizer for Aryl Chlorides
The hexachlorocerateÂ(III) anion,
[Ce<sup>III</sup>Cl<sub>6</sub>]<sup>3–</sup>, was found to
be a potent photoreductant in
acetonitrile solution with an estimated excited-state reduction potential
of −3.45 V versus Cp<sub>2</sub>Fe<sup>0/+</sup>. Despite a
short lifetime of 22.1(1) ns, the anion exhibited a photoluminescence
quantum yield of 0.61(4) and fast quenching kinetics toward organohalogens
allowing for its application in the photocatalytic reduction of aryl
chloride substrates