Activation of the Ground and Excited State of a Luminescent Osmium(VI) Dioxo Dicyano Complex with Lewis Acids

Key Points

• The aim is to investigate the activation of a luminescent osmium complex for phenol production.
• Examined the activation of luminescent osmium(VI) dioxo dicyano complex
• Utilized Lewis acids at ambient conditions
• Evaluated TON for product yield
• Achieved a TON of up to 8660
• Enabled gram-scale production of phenol from benzene
• Indicated effectiveness of the osmium complex with Lewis acids