Facile Aerobic Photooxidation of Alcohols Using 2-Chloroanthraquinone under Visible Light Irradiation

Yoshiko Shimada; Kasumi Hattori; Norihiro Tada; Tsuyoshi Miura; Akichika Itoh

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1338420

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Synthesis 2013; 45(19): 2684-2688
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1338420

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Facile Aerobic Photooxidation of Alcohols Using 2-Chloroanthraquinone under Visible Light Irradiation

Yoshiko Shimada

Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan Fax: +81(58)2308108 Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp

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Kasumi Hattori

Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan Fax: +81(58)2308108 Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp

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Norihiro Tada

Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan Fax: +81(58)2308108 Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp

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Tsuyoshi Miura

Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan Fax: +81(58)2308108 Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp

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Akichika Itoh*

Gifu Pharmaceutical University 1-25-4, Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan Fax: +81(58)2308108 Email: itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp

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Abstract

A facile photooxidation of alcohols to obtain carboxylic acids and ketones using easily handled 2-chloroanthraquinone as an organocatalyst under visible light irradiation in an air atmosphere is reported. The reaction conditions are mild, such as an air atmosphere and ambient pressure and temperature.

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alcohols - carboxylic acids - 2-chloroanthraquinone - photooxidation - visible light

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