Cerium-photocatalyzed aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to aldehydes and ketones.

Girish Suresh YedaseSumit KumarJessica StahlBurkhard König Veera Reddy Yatham

Published in: Beilstein journal of organic chemistry (2021)

We have developed a cerium-photocatalyzed aerobic oxidation of primary and secondary benzylic alcohols to aldehydes and ketones using inexpensive CeCl3·7H2O as photocatalyst and air oxygen as the terminal oxidant.

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visible light
oxide nanoparticles
hydrogen peroxide
high intensity
electron transfer
highly efficient