Visible light-induced aerobic oxidation of diarylalkynes to α-diketones catalyzed by copper-superoxo at room temperature

Vaibhav Pramod Charpe, Arunachalam Sagadevan, Kuo Chu Hwang

Green Chemistry · 2020 · 57 citations · 64 references

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Abstract

We demonstrate an environmentally benign and economically feasible method for the oxidation of stable diarylalkynes to diketones at room temperature using the inexpensive copper(<sc>ii</sc>) chloride salt and molecular oxygen under low energy visible light irradiation.

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