DOI: 10.1039/d6dt01503d ISSN: 1477-9226

Highly selective photocatalytic oxidation of benzylic C–H bonds in alkylbenzenes to ketones

Shi-Ming Zhang, Yao Zhang, Zhi-Xiu Liu, Tao Fang, San-San Hu, Bao-Dong Cui, Yong-Zheng Chen

This study develops a photocatalytic system based on non-metallic tubular hollow-structured g-C 3 N 4 (HT-CN), which achieves highly selective oxidation of benzylic C–H bonds in alkylbenzenes to ketones.

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