Citation: Hua Jian Xu, Xiao Lan Xu, Yao Fu, Yi Si Feng. Photocatalytic oxidation of primary and secondary benzyl alcohol catalyzed by two coenzyme NAD⁺ models[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;2007, 18(12): 1471-1475. doi: 10.1016/j.cclet.2007.10.009 shu

Photocatalytic oxidation of primary and secondary benzyl alcohol catalyzed by two coenzyme NAD⁺ models

a School of Chemical Engineering, HeFei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China;
b Department of Chemistry, AnHui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China;
c Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

Received Date: 17 July 2007

Fund Project: This research was supported by the Doctoral Special Fund of HeFei University of Technology (No.106-036402) and the NNSFC (Nos.20472079, 20772115).

Photocatalytic oxidation of primary and secondary benzyl alcohol to corresponding benzaldehyde or acetophenone using Acr⁺ClO₄^- or PhAcr⁺ClO₄^- as photocatalysts under visible light irradiation at room temperature.
- Photocatalyst,
- Coenzyme NAD⁺ model,
- Benzyl alcohol,
- Mechanism
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