title: Photocatalytic benzylic C-H bond oxidation with a flavin scandium complex.
abstract: The enhanced reduction potential of riboflavin tetraacetate coordinating to scandium triflate enables the challenging photocatalytic C-H oxidation of electron-deficient alkylbenzenes and benzyl alcohols.
authors: University of Regensburg, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany. robert.wolf@ur.de.
authors: Bernd
authors: B
authors: Mühldorf
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Wolf
mesh_terms: D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry; D001592:Benzyl Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D008027:Light; D008698:Mesylates / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects; D012538:Scandium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D001592:Benzyl Alcohols; D008698:Mesylates; C436603:scandium triflate; C058357:2',3',4',5'-tetraacetylriboflavin; C004912:ethylbenzene; D012256:Riboflavin; D012538:Scandium