title: Photocatalytic chemoselective reduction of epoxides to alkenes along with formation of ketones in alcoholic suspensions of silver-loaded titanium(iv) oxide at room temperature without the use of reducing gases.
abstract: (2,3-Epoxypropyl)benzene was chemoselectively reduced to allylbenzene along with formation of ketones in alcoholic suspensions of a silver-loaded titanium(iv) oxide photocatalyst at room temperature under atmospheric pressure without the use of reducing gases, and various epoxides were also reduced to the corresponding alkenes.
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: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kominami
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Atsuhiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto