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Photooxidative Cleavage of Aromatic Alkenes into Aldehydes Using Catalytic Iodine and Molecular Oxygen under Visible Light Irradiation
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2014
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Chemical EngineeringVisible LightCatalytic AmountPhotochemistryEngineeringMechanistic PhotochemistryPhotodegradationPhotoredox ProcessMolecular OxygenPhotocatalysisOrganic ChemistryAromatic AlkenesCatalysisChemistryPhotooxidative Cleavage
We report a method for the photooxidative cleavage of aromatic alkenes to give aldehydes using molecular oxygen as the terminal oxidant, visible light, a catalytic amount of iodine and trifluoroacetic acid.