Photocatalytic oxidation of alkanes with dioxygen by visible light and copper (II) and iron (III) chlorides: preference oxidation of alkanes over alcohols and ketones

…, J Yamamoto, K Komeyama, T Kawabata…

Index: Takaki, Ken; Yamamoto, Jun; Komeyama, Kimihiro; Kawabata, Tomonori; Takehira, Katsuomi Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2004 , vol. 77, # 12 p. 2251 - 2255

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Abstract

Visible light irradiation of alkanes in acetonitrile with CuCl 2 and FeCl 3 catalysts under atmospheric dioxygen gave the corresponding alcohols and ketones effectively; in these reactions, the total selectivity of the products did not decrease so much with increase of alkane conversion. For example, cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone were formed with ca. 70% selectivity at 50% conversion, because overoxidation of the products took place more ...