PINO/NHPI-mediated selective oxidation of cycloalkenes to cycloalkenones via a photo-electrochemical method.

Hiroyuki Tateno Yugo Miseki Kazuhiro Sayama

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2019)

The selective photo-electrochemical oxidation of cyclohexene to 2-cyclohexene-1-one was successfully performed with excellent Faraday efficiency (>99%) via indirect oxidation with a PINO/NHPI mediator and O2 on a BiVO4/WO3 photoanode under low applied bias.

Keyphrases

electron transfer
visible light
hydrogen peroxide
gold nanoparticles
ionic liquid
molecularly imprinted