Multielectron Transfer at Heme-Functionalized Nanocrystalline TiO₂: Reductive Dechlorination of DDT and CCl₄ Forms Stable Carbene Compounds

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Abstract

Hemin (chloro(protoporhyrinato)iron(III)) was found to bind to mesoporous nanocrystalline (anatase) TiO2 thin films from dimethyl sulfoxide solution, Keq=10(5) M-1 at 298 K. Band gap illumination in methanol reduced hemin to heme and led to the appearance of TiO2 electrons, heme/TiO2(e-). Reactions of heme/TiO2(e-) with CCl4 or 1,1-bis(p-chlorophenyl)-2,2,2-trichloroethane (DDT) led to the formation of stable carbene products in greater than 60% yield. The spectroscopic data are fully consistent with a dissociative two-electron organohalide reduction mechanism of CCl4 and DDT to yield (protoporhyrinato)FeIICCl2 and (protoporhyrinato)FeIIC=C(p-Cl-phenyl)2 respectively.

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