The addition of 1-naphthol accelerates the photo-oxidation of alkylbenzenes when their alkyl group contains a reactive hydrogen atom.
From the effects of u.v. light on dilute solutions of 1-naphthol in cumene, s-butylbenzene and t-butylbenzene, which have been floated as layers on water, it is possible to propose a mechanism by which the alkylbenzenes are oxidised under the influence of u.v. light.
A. E. Klein and N. Pilpel, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1974, 70, 1250 DOI: 10.1039/F19747001250
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