Light effect on Click reaction: Role of photonic quantum dot catalyst

Debkumar Nandi, Abu Taher, Rafique Ul Islam, Meenakshi Choudhary, Samarjeet Siwal, Kaushik Mallick

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Abstract

Due to the light excitation, the valence band electron of the copper (I) sulfide quantum dot transfer to the conduction band and act as a scavenger of the terminal proton of the alkyne in the presence of organic azide with the formation of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles, where the copper(I) species of Cu2S act as a catalyst for the reaction. The above cycloaddition reaction between alkyne and azide is commonly known as the Click reaction. In this study, experiments were carried out under the exposure of ultra-violate and daylight and also dark environment. According to the original recommendation for the Click reaction, the role of the base was also considered for this experiment. We found that the effect of conduction band electron is more efficient than the recommended conventional base mediated reaction procedure.

Original languageEnglish
Article number33025
JournalScientific Reports
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Sept 2016

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Multidisciplinary

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