Synthesis of a coumarin compound from phenanthrene by a TiO2-photocatalyzed reaction.
Phenanthrene was converted into a coumarin compound by a TiO2-photocatalyzed reaction in an acetonitrile solution containing 8 wt% water and molecular oxygen in 45% yield.
Higashida
Suguru
S
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering, Osaka Prefectural College of Technology, 26-12 Saiwai, Neyagawa, Osaka 572-8572, Japan. ton@ipc.osaka-pct.ac.jp
Harada
Aiko
A
Kawakatsu
Rikako
R
Fujiwara
Noriko
N
Matsumura
Michio
M