Metal- and additive-free C–H oxygenation of alkylarenes by visible-light photoredox catalysis
Mustafa Uygur, Jan Kuhlmann, María Carmen Pérez-Aguilar, Dariusz G. Piekarski, Olga Garcı́a Mancheño
Abstract
A metal- and additive-free methodology for the highly selective, photocatalyzed C–H oxygenation of alkylarenes under air to the corresponding carbonyls is presented.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisChemistryPhotoredox catalysisOxygenationPhotochemistryVisible spectrumMetalPhotocatalysisCombinatorial chemistryInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsBiologyEcologyCatalytic C–H Functionalization MethodsRadical Photochemical ReactionsSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions