Issue 66, 2014
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Chemical Communications

Biomimetic oxidation of pyrene and related aromatic hydrocarbons. Unexpected electron accepting abilities of pyrenequinones†

Alejandro López-Moreno,a   David Clemente-Tejeda,b   Joaquín Calbo,c   Atena Naeimi,ad   Francisco A. Bermejo,b   Enrique Ortí*c  and  Emilio M. Pérez*a  

* Corresponding authors

a IMDEA Nanoscience, C/Faraday 9, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, Madrid, Spain
E-mail: emilio.perez@imdea.org
Fax: +34 91 2998730

b Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Pza. de los Caídos 1-5, Salamanca, Spain

c Instituto de Ciencia Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, E-46980 Paterna, Spain
E-mail: enrique.orti@uv.es

d University of Jiroft, Department of Chemistry, Jiroft, Iran

Abstract

We present a mild catalytic method to oxidize PAHs and, in particular, pyrene. The pyrenediones are much better electron acceptors than benzoquinone in the gas phase and present similar accepting abilities in solution.

Graphical abstract: Biomimetic oxidation of pyrene and related aromatic hydrocarbons. Unexpected electron accepting abilities of pyrenequinones

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C4CC04026K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Jun 2014
Accepted
27 Jun 2014
First published
27 Jun 2014

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 9372-9375

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Biomimetic oxidation of pyrene and related aromatic hydrocarbons. Unexpected electron accepting abilities of pyrenequinones

A. López-Moreno, D. Clemente-Tejeda, J. Calbo, A. Naeimi, F. A. Bermejo, E. Ortí and E. M. Pérez, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 9372 DOI: 10.1039/C4CC04026K

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