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100 Selective Oxygenation of P-Xylene to P-Tolualdehyde via Photoinduced Electron Transfer

K Ohkubo, S Fukuzumi

Org Lett. 2000 Nov 16;2(23):3647-50.

PMID: 11073666

Abstract:

The 100% selective oxygenation of p-xylene to p-tolualdehyde is initiated by photoinduced electron transfer from p-xylene to the singlet excited state of 10-methyl-9-phenylacridinium ion under visible light irradiation, yielding p-tolualdehyde exclusively as the final oxygenated product. The reason for the high selectivity in the photocatalytic oxygenation of p-xylene is discussed on the basis of the photoinduced electron transfer mechanism.

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AP104870 p-Tolualdehyde p-Tolualdehyde 104-87-0 Price
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