Issue 38, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Photocatalytic hydroxylation of aromatic ring by using water as an oxidant

Hisao Yoshida,*a   Hayato Yuzawa,a   Masanori Aoki,a   Kazuko Otake,a   Hideaki Itohb  and  Tadashi Hattoria  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
E-mail: yoshidah@apchem.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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b Division of Environmental Research, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Abstract

Electrophilic oxygen species photocatalytically derived from water molecules can selectively react with the aromatic ring of both benzene and its derivatives to produce the corresponding phenols and hydrogen over platinum-loaded titanium oxide when illuminated with light of appropriate wavelength in the absence of oxygen.

Graphical abstract: Photocatalytic hydroxylation of aromatic ring by using water as an oxidant

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B811555A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
07 Jul 2008
Accepted
07 Aug 2008
First published
26 Aug 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 4634-4636

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Photocatalytic hydroxylation of aromatic ring by using water as an oxidant

H. Yoshida, H. Yuzawa, M. Aoki, K. Otake, H. Itoh and T. Hattori, Chem. Commun., 2008, 4634 DOI: 10.1039/B811555A

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