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PHOTOACTIVE METAL COMPLEXES

Made with manganese

Nature Chemistry volume 13, pages 926–928 (2021)Cite this article

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Transition metal complexes with metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) luminescence and photoactivity typically rely on precious metals such as ruthenium or iridium. Now, two complexes of the Earth-abundant 3d manganese have displayed room-temperature MLCT luminescence in solution and a unique excited-state reactivity.

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Fig. 1: Chemical structure of the two isocyanide manganese(i) complexes.
Fig. 2: Luminescence and photoreactivity of the manganese(i) complexes.

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