title: Solar photochemical oxidations of benzylic and allylic alcohols using catalytic organo-oxidation with DDQ: application to lignin models.
abstract: Visible light has a dramatic effect on the oxidation of benzylic and allylic alcohols, including those deactivated by electron-withdrawing groups, and β-O-4 lignin models, using catalytic amounts of the organo-oxidant 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone. Sodium nitrite or tert-butyl nitrite is used as cocatalyst, and oxygen is employed as the terminal oxidant.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham , University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, U.K.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Walsh
authors.forename: Helen F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Sneddon
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Moody
mesh_terms: D016227:Benzoquinones / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D020650:Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques; D008027:Light; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D016877:Oxidants; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen; D020005:Propanols / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D016227:Benzoquinones; D016877:Oxidants; D020005:Propanols; C000928:dichlorodicyanobenzoquinone; C006463:allyl alcohol; D008031:Lignin; D010100:Oxygen