The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Regioselectivity in the semiconductor-mediated photooxidation of 1, 4-pentanediol

MA Fox, H Ogawa, P Pichat

Index: Fox, Marye Anne; Ogawa, Haruo; Pichat, Pierre Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1989 , vol. 54, # 16 p. 3847 - 3852

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Citation Number: 58

Abstract

Optimum conditions have been established for the selective semiconductor-photocatalyzed oxidation by long-wavelength ultraviolet light of the primary alcohol functionality in 1, 4- pentanediol. On platinized (2%) Ti02 powder suspended in oxygenated aqueous (4 vol%) acetonitrile, the initial rate ratio for oxidation of the primary/secondary alcohol site was> 7. Analysis of further oxidation products allowed for mechanistic delineation of the course of ...