Abstract
(matrix presented) The 100% selective oxygenation of p-xylene to p-tolualdehyde is initiated by photoinduced electron transfer from p-xylene to the singlet excited state of 10-methyl-9-phenylacridinium ion under visible light irradiation, yielding p-tolualdehyde exclusively as the final oxygenated product. The reason for the high selectivity in the photocatalytic oxygenation of p-xylene is discussed on the basis of the photoinduced electron transfer mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3647-3650 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Organic Letters |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 23 |
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| State | Published - 16 Nov 2000 |