Luminescent Organogold(III) Complexes with Long‐Lived Triplet Excited States for Light‐Induced Oxidative CH Bond Functionalization and Hydrogen Production

Abstract

All that glitters is gold: highly phosphorescent gold(III) complexes with extended π-conjugated cyclometalating ligands exhibit rich photophysical and photochemical properties. They act as efficient photocatalysts/photosensitizers for oxidative functionalizations of secondary and tertiary benzylic amines and homogeneous hydrogen production from a water/acetonitrile mixture.