Boosting activity of molecular oxygen by pyridinium-based photocatalysts for metal-free alcohol oxidation
Shuai Ma, Jing‐Wang Cui, C. N. R. Rao, Meng‐Ze Jia, Yun‐Rui Chen, Jie Zhang
Abstract
Pyridinium molecules are developed as electron- and energy-transfer mediators to boost the activity of air oxygen and thus achieve highly efficient photocatalytic oxidation of alcohols without any noble metal and additional co-catalysts/additives under mild conditions.
Topics & Concepts
PyridiniumAlcohol oxidationCatalysisPhotocatalysisAlcoholChemistryNoble metalOxygenMolecular oxygenMetalPhotochemistryMoleculeElectron transferInorganic chemistryOrganic chemistryOxidative Organic Chemistry ReactionsAdvanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRadical Photochemical Reactions