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Coupling photocatalytic water oxidation with reductive transformations of organic molecules

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  • Xinzhe Tian

    (Henan Agricultural University)

  • Yinggang Guo

    (Henan Agricultural University)

  • Wankai An

    (Henan Agricultural University)

  • Yun-Lai Ren

    (Henan Agricultural University)

  • Yuchen Qin

    (Henan Agricultural University)

  • Caoyuan Niu

    (Henan Agricultural University)

  • Xin Zheng

    (Henan Agricultural University)

Abstract

The utilization of readily available and non-toxic water by photocatalytic water splitting is highly attractive in green chemistry. Herein we report that light-induced oxidative half-reaction of water splitting is effectively coupled with reduction of organic compounds, which provides a light-induced avenue to use water as an electron donor to enable reductive transformations of organic substances. The present strategy allows various aryl bromides to undergo smoothly the reductive coupling with Pd/g-C3N4* as the photocatalyst, giving a pollutive reductant-free method for synthesizing biaryl skeletons. Moreover, the use of green visible-light energy endows this process with more advantages including mild conditions and good functional group tolerance. Although this method has some disadvantages such as a use of environmentally unfriendly 1,2-dioxane, an addition of Na2CO3 and so on, it can guide chemists to use water as a reducing agent to develop clean procedures for various organic reactions.

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  • Xinzhe Tian & Yinggang Guo & Wankai An & Yun-Lai Ren & Yuchen Qin & Caoyuan Niu & Xin Zheng, 2022. "Coupling photocatalytic water oxidation with reductive transformations of organic molecules," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-10, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-33778-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33778-9
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