title: Photocatalytic reduction of benzonitrile to benzylamine in aqueous suspensions of palladium-loaded titanium(IV) oxide.
abstract: Benzonitrile (PhCN) was successfully reduced to benzyl amine in acidic aqueous suspensions of a palladium (Pd)-loaded titanium(IV) oxide (TiO2) photocatalyst in the presence of oxalic acid as a hole scavenger, although the reduction potential of PhCN is believed to be much higher than the potential of the conduction band (CB) of TiO2, indicating that a Pd co-catalyst strongly contributes to PhCN reduction and that the applicability of photocatalytic reduction is not limited by the CB position of semiconductor photocatalysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kinki University, Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan. hiro@apch.kindai.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Kousuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kominami