Abstract
Alkanes were oxygenated by dioxygen with p-benzoquinone derivatives such as p-xyloquinone in alkanes which are used as solvents to yield the corresponding alkyl hydroperoxides, alcohols and ketones under visible light irradiation with high quantum yields (Φ = 1000, 1600%). The photooxygenation is started by hydrogen atom abstraction from alkanes by the triplet excited states of p-benzoquinone derivatives as revealed by laser-induced transient absorption spectral measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 731-734 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 6 |
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| State | Published - 2016 |
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