Issue 59, 2016
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Chemical Communications

Photocatalytic oxidation of alkenes and alcohols in water by a manganese(v) nitrido complex†

Gui Chen,‡ab   Lingjing Chen,‡a   Li Ma,a   Hoi-Ki Kwonga  and  Tai-Chu Lau*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Biology and Chemistry and Institute of Molecular Functional Materials, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong, China
E-mail: bhtclau@cityu.edu.hk

b Key Laboratory of Coal to Ethylene Glycol and Its Related Technology, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Abstract

Mn(V) nitrido complex [Mn(N)(CN)4]2− is an efficient catalyst for visible-light induced oxidation of alkenes and alcohols in water using [Ru(bpy)3]2+ as a photosensitizer and [Co(NH3)5Cl]2+ as a sacrificial oxidant. Alkenes are oxidized to epoxides and alcohols to carbonyl compounds.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C6CC04173F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 May 2016
Accepted
21 Jun 2016
First published
22 Jun 2016

Chem. Commun., 2016,52, 9271-9274

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Photocatalytic oxidation of alkenes and alcohols in water by a manganese(V) nitrido complex

G. Chen, L. Chen, L. Ma, H. Kwong and T. Lau, Chem. Commun., 2016, 52, 9271 DOI: 10.1039/C6CC04173F

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