A sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate-mediated photocatalytic strategy for aerobic oxidation of alcohols.

Xianjin ZhuCan LiuYong LiuHaijun YangHua Fu

Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2020)

A sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate-mediated photocatalytic strategy for the aerobic oxidation of alcohols has been developed for the first time, and the photoredox aerobic oxidation of secondary and primary alcohols provided the corresponding ketones and carboxylic acids, respectively, in high to excellent yields.

Keyphrases

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