Synlett 2017; 28(02): 235-238
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1588897
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Aerobic Stereoselective Oxidation of Olefins on a Visible-Light-Irradiated Titanium Dioxide–Cobalt–Ascorbic Acid Nanohybrid

Maasoumeh Jafarpour*
Catalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Birjand, Birjand 97179-414, Iran   Email: mjafarpour@birjand.ac.ir   Email: rrezaeifard@birjand.ac.ir
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Fahimeh Feizpour
Catalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Birjand, Birjand 97179-414, Iran   Email: mjafarpour@birjand.ac.ir   Email: rrezaeifard@birjand.ac.ir
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Abdolreza Rezaeifard*
Catalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Birjand, Birjand 97179-414, Iran   Email: mjafarpour@birjand.ac.ir   Email: rrezaeifard@birjand.ac.ir
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Publication History

Received: 09 September 2016

Accepted after revision: 20 September 2016

Publication Date:
11 October 2016 (online)


Abstract

A visible-light-driven photocatalytically active nanocrystalline TiO2 was prepared by surface modification with a cobalt–ascorbic acid complex. The photocatalyst exhibited high activity and excellent chemo-, diastereo-, and stereoselectivities in the aerobic epoxidation of olefins under visible-light irradiation in the absence of a reducing agent. The catalyst proved efficient and could be recycled at least five times.

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