O2-Mediated photocatalytic functionalization of organic compounds: Recent advances towards greener synthetic routes

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 2406-2419

  Gambarotti, Cristian ^a   Melone, Lucio ^a   Caronna, Tullio ^b   Punta, Carlo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Molecular oxygen; Photocatalysis; Photooxidation; Photosensitizers; Semiconductors; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METAL COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; MOLECULES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PHOTOOXIDATION; TRANSITION METALS;

AEROBIC SELECTIVE OXIDATION; ECO-FRIENDLY; ELECTRON TRANSFER; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; ORGANICS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOSENSITISER; SUNLIGHT; SYNTHETIC PROTOCOLS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES;

PHOTOSENSITIZERS;

EID: 84893188985     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13852728113179990054     Document Type: Article

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