Dr. Michael S. Eberhart

Water Photo-oxidation with Organic Chromophores

Organic photosensitizers are frequently unstable upon oxidation under aqueous conditions, however a series of simple triphenylamine dyes show much better redox stability and redox potentials that are sufficient for water oxidation chemistry.

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (45), pp 16248-16255
Cationic Copper Hydride Clusters Arising from Oxidation of (Ph₃P)₆Cu₆H₆

Electron and hydride transfer reactions induce structural changes in copper hydride clusters.

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2017, 139 (23), pp 7685-7688
Electron Transfer from Hexameric Copper Hydrides

Copper hydrides are strong reducing agents with redox potentials as strong as cobaltocene and maintain their hexameric structure in solution. The six hydride ligands undergo rapid intramolecular exchange over the eight faces of the roughly octahedral copper cluster

J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2013, 135 (46), pp 17262-17265

Water Photo-oxidation with Organic Chromophores