Utilization of Natural Sunlight and Air in the Aerobic Oxidation of Benzyl Halides
Yijin Su, Liangren Zhang and Ning Jiao*
*State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, School
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan Road 38, Beijing 100191,
China, Email: jiaoning
bjmu.edu.cn
Y. Su, L. Zhang, N. Jiao, Org. Lett., 2011, 13, 2168-2171.
DOI: 10.1021/ol2002013
Abstract
Natural sunlight and air enable an efficient oxidation of α-aryl halogen derivatives to the corresponding α-aryl carbonyl compounds at room temperature through the combination of photocatalysis and organocatalysis. A plausible mechanism was proposed on the basis of the mechanistic studies.
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Key Words
α-keto esters, 1,2-diketones, oxygen
ID: J54-Y2011-1200
