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RSC ADVANCES
Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 2904-2910Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3ra46383d
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [20903023, 21173045]
- Award Program for Minjiang Scholar Professorship
- Natural Science Foundation (NSF) of Fujian Province [2012J06003]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in Universities [PCSIRT0818]
- Program for Returned High-Level Overseas Chinese Scholars of Fujian Province
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry
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Photocatalytic selective organic transformation in water using visible light as the driving force represents an environmentally benign strategy for synthesis of fine chemicals under the framework of green chemistry. We herein report the photocatalytic aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to corresponding aldehydes with high selectivity in water over a flower-like Bi2WO6 semiconductor using oxygen as an oxidant under visible light irradiation and mild conditions. A collection of joint techniques, in terms of electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra and controlled experiments using radicals scavengers, have been employed to explain the origin of the high selectivity for oxidation of benzylic alcohols achieved over the flower-like Bi2WO6 photocatalyst in an aqueous phase. The possible reaction mechanism for photocatalytic selective oxidation of alcohols over Bi2WO6 has also been discussed.
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