Substrate-selective photo-oxidation of benzyl alcohol derivatives with oxygen, catalysed by an NAD+ model compound
Abstract
An NAD+ model compound, 10-methylacridinium ion (AcrH+), catalyses the substrate-selective photo-oxidation of benzyl alcohol derivatives with oxygen in acetonitrile at 298 K, which is initiated by the electron-transfer reactions from benzyl alcohol derivatives to the singlet excited state of AcrH+.