Enhanced driving force and charge separation efficiency of protonated anthraquinone for C–H photooxygenation of alkanes by proton-coupled electron transfer
Hui Yin, Yingying Yuan, Y. Li, Tang Jing, Wenzhou Zhong, Liqiu Mao
Abstract
We demonstrated a novel “donor–acceptor” strategy for boosting the aerobic visible-light photocatalytic C–H oxygenation of unactivated alkanes, through the protonation of anthraquinones by Brønsted acids.
Topics & Concepts
PhotooxygenationProtonationChemistryPhotochemistryElectron acceptorProtonPhotocatalysisAnthraquinonesAcceptorElectron transferOxygenOrganic chemistrySinglet oxygenCatalysisQuantum mechanicsBiologyBotanyPhysicsCondensed matter physicsIonRadical Photochemical ReactionsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts