Liu, Mingxin;Tan, Lida;Rashid, Roksana T.;Cen, Yunen;Cheng, Shaobo;Botton, Gianluigi;Mi, Zetian;Li, Chao-Jun published 《GaN nanowires as a reusable photoredox catalyst for radical coupling of carbonyl under blacklight irradiation》 in 2020. The article was appeared in 《Chemical Science》. They have made some progress in their research.Synthetic Route of C14H14O2 The article mentions the following:
Using the carbonyl coupling reaction as a proof-of-concept, herein, a photo-pinacol coupling reaction of various ketones R1C(O)R2 (R1 = Me, Ph, 3-phenoxypropyl, etc.; R2 = H, Me, n-Pr, Ph, etc.) and 3-methoxy-Estra-1,3,5(10)-trien-17-one catalyzed by GaN nanowires under ambient light at room temperature with methanol as a solvent and sacrificial reagent was reported. By simply tuning the dopant, the GaN nanowire shows significantly enhanced electronic properties. The catalyst showed excellent stability, reusability and functional tolerance. All reactions could be accomplished with a single piece of nanowire on Si-wafer. The experimental procedure involved many compounds, such as rel-(1R,2S)-1,2-Diphenylethane-1,2-diol (cas: 579-43-1) .
rel-(1R,2S)-1,2-Diphenylethane-1,2-diol(cas: 579-43-1 Synthetic Route of C14H14O2) has been used in the preparation of trans-methyl meso-hydrobenzoin phosphite.
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