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Sunlight Oxidation of Alkyl Aryl Tellurides to the Corresponding Carbonyl Compounds: A New Carbonyl Precursor

A Ouchi, T Hyugano, C Liu

Index: Ouchi, Akihiko; Hyugano, Takeshi; Liu, Chuanxiang Organic Letters, 2009 , vol. 11, # 21 p. 4870 - 4873

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Abstract

Alkyl aryl tellurides were efficiently transformed to the corresponding carbonyl compounds by photo-oxidation with sunlight without affecting various functional groups in the alkyl moiety. The tellurides can be used as a new carbonyl precursor, and the photolysis can be conducted without special equipment for light sources.