Brønsted acid-catalysed aerobic photo-oxygenation of benzylic C–H bonds
Jieqing Wu, Jiwei Chen, Lei Wang, Hongjun Zhu, Rui Liu, Guangliang Song, Chao Feng, Yu‐Feng Li
Abstract
Herein, we reported a Brønsted acid-promoted aerobic photo-oxygenation of benzylic C–H bonds to construct aromatic carboxylic acids and ketones under mild conditions.
Topics & Concepts
Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theoryChemistryOxygenationCatalysisCarboxylic acidMedicinal chemistryPhotochemistryOrganic chemistryEcologyBiologyRadical Photochemical ReactionsOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions