Facile and efficient synthesis of hydroxyalkyl esters from cyclic acetals through aerobic photo-oxidation using anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid

A convenient metal-free oxidation protocol of various cyclic acetals with molecular oxygen and anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid under visible light irradiation by a fluorescent lamp afforded their corresponding hydroxyalkyl esters. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.