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

Alejandro López‐Moreno, David Clemente‐Tejeda, Joaquín Calbo, Atena Naeimi, Francisco Bermejo, Emilio M. Pérez

Chemical Communications · 2014 · 22 citations · 53 references

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.

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