Issue 40, 2015

Photocatalytic benzylic C–H bond oxidation with a flavin scandium complex

Abstract

The enhanced reduction potential of riboflavin tetraacetate coordinating to scandium triflate enables the challenging photocatalytic C–H oxidation of electron-deficient alkylbenzenes and benzyl alcohols.

Graphical abstract: Photocatalytic benzylic C–H bond oxidation with a flavin scandium complex

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Jan 2015
Accepted
26 Jan 2015
First published
05 Feb 2015
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 8425-8428

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Photocatalytic benzylic C–H bond oxidation with a flavin scandium complex

B. Mühldorf and R. Wolf, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 8425 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC00178A

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