Issue 30, 2017
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Chemical Communications

Visible light-induced heterogeneous Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley-type reduction of an aldehyde group over an organically modified titanium dioxide photocatalyst†

Makoto Fukui,a   Atsuhiro Tanaka, ORCID logo a   Keiji Hashimotoa  and  Hiroshi Kominami ORCID logo *a  

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a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
E-mail: hiro@apch.kindai.ac.jp

Abstract

An organically modified titanium dioxide photocatalyst prepared by a simple impregnation method chemoselectively and almost quantitatively converted benzaldehydes having other reducible functional groups to the corresponding benzyl alcohols under visible light irradiation.

Graphical abstract: Visible light-induced heterogeneous Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley-type reduction of an aldehyde group over an organically modified titanium dioxide photocatalyst

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CC00645D
Article type
Communication
Submitted
23 Jan 2017
Accepted
20 Mar 2017
First published
20 Mar 2017

Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 4215-4218

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Visible light-induced heterogeneous Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley-type reduction of an aldehyde group over an organically modified titanium dioxide photocatalyst

M. Fukui, A. Tanaka, K. Hashimoto and H. Kominami, Chem. Commun., 2017, 53, 4215 DOI: 10.1039/C7CC00645D

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