Efficient photocatalytic selective nitro-reduction and C–H bond oxidation over ultrathin sheet mediated CdS flowers

Abstract

We report here a visible light driven selective nitro-reduction and oxidation of saturated sp³ C–H bonds using ultrathin (0.8 nm) sheet mediated uniform CdS flowers as catalyst under a household 40 W CFL lamp and molecular oxygen as oxidant. The CdS flowers were synthesized using a simple surfactant assisted hydrothermal method.