Ship-in-a-Bottle Synthesis of a Large Guest Occupying Two Y Zeolite Neighbour Supercages: Characterisation and Photocatalytic Activity of the Encapsulated Bipyrylium Ion

In a series of papers we reported the ship-in-a-bottle synthesis, photochemical properties and photocatalytic applications of 2,4,6-triphenylpyrylium cation (TP ) encapsulated inside the cavities of large pore zeolites Y and Beta. 2] The identity of encapsulated TP was then confirmed spectroscopically, particularly by the match of the IR spectra of the encapsulated organic material and that of the tetrafluoroborate solid of TP (TPBF4). In addition, the electrochemical response of zeolite Y encapsulated TP (TP@Y) consisted of a reversible single reduction process taking place at the same redox potential as that measured for TPBF4 solutions. Encapsulation of TP has a dramatic influence on its…