Oxidative transformation of arylmethyl bromides and alcohols with a combination of mesoporous silica FSM-16 and alkali iodides under photoirradiation.
[reaction: see text]. A mesoporous silica FSM-16 was found to be a selective and recyclable promoter for the oxidative dehalogenation of arylmethyl bromides to provide the corresponding alcohols and for the oxidation of arylmethyl alcohols to provide the corresponding aldehydes with a combination of alkali iodides and solvents under photoirradiation conditions.
Itoh
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Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 5-6-1 Mitahora-higashi, Gifu 502-8585, Japan. itoha@gifu-pu.ac.jp
Kodama
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Inagaki
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Masaki
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