Titanium dioxide photocatalysed oxidation of benzyltrimethylsilanes in the presence of silver sulfate
Abstract
In the presence of Ag2SO4, the TiO2-mediated photochemical oxidation of substituted benzyltrimethylsilanes in acetonitrile leads to diarylethanes (50–74%) with a significant intermolecular selectivity (ρ=–2.5).