Ma, Shuai; Cui, Jing-Wang; Rao, Cai-Hui; Jia, Meng-Ze; Chen, Yun-Rui; Zhang, Jie published their research in Green Chemistry in 2021. The article was titled 《Boosting activity of molecular oxygen by pyridinium-based photocatalysts for metal-free alcohol oxidation》.SDS of cas: 873-75-6 The article contains the following contents:
An eco-friendly and economical approach for the photocatalytic oxidation of organic inter-mediates by air under mild conditions is highly desirable in green and sustainable chem., where the photogeneration of active oxygen species plays a key role in improving conversion efficiency and selectivity. By using pyridinium derivatives as mol. mediators for electron transfer and energy transfer, the simultaneous activation of O2 from air into superoxide radicals and singlet oxygen species can be achieved, and a photoinduced electron transfer catalytic system for the oxidation of alcs. has been developed. Thus, we have successfully simplified the complicated catalytic system into a single mol. catalyst without any addnl. noble metals and co-catalysts/additives. The current photocatalytic system shows high catalytic efficiency not only for aromatic alcs. but also for aliphatic alcs. that are generally difficult to undergo aerobic oxidation at room temperature under air atm., representing an ideal photocatalytic platform for green and economical organic syntheses. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, (4-Bromophenyl)methanol(cas: 873-75-6SDS of cas: 873-75-6)
(4-Bromophenyl)methanol(cas: 873-75-6) undergoes three-component reaction with acetylferrocene and arylboronic acid to give ferrocenyl ketones containing biaryls.SDS of cas: 873-75-6 It is used in the synthesis of amphiphilic, symmetric rod-coil, triblock copolymer of poly(9,9-didodecylfluorene-2,7-diyl) and poly(hydroxyl ethyl methacrylate)
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