https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/LY315920(Vare
Multireference electronic structure calculations consistent with known experimental data have elucidated a novel mechanism for photo-triggered Ni(II)-C homolytic bond dissociation in Ni 2,2'-bipyridine (bpy) photoredox catalysts. Previously, assisted dissociation from the lowest energy triplet ligand field excited state was proposed and supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations that reveal a barrier of ∼30 kcal mol-1. #link# In contrast, multireference ab initio calculations suggest that this process is dis