Photocatalytic chemoselective reduction of epoxides to alkenes along with formation of ketones in alcoholic suspensions of silver-loaded titanium(iv) oxide at room temperature without the use of reducing gases†
Hiroshi Kominami,Satoshi Yamamoto,Kazuya Imamura,Atsuhiro Tanaka,Keiji Hashimoto
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 03/12/2014 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C3CC49340G
Abstract

(2,3-Epoxypropyl)benzene was chemoselectively reduced to allylbenzene along with formation of ketones in alcoholic suspensions of a silver-loaded titanium(IV) oxide photocatalyst at room temperature under atmospheric pressure without the use of reducing gases, and various epoxides were also reduced to the corresponding alkenes.

Graphical abstract: Photocatalytic chemoselective reduction of epoxides to alkenes along with formation of ketones in alcoholic suspensions of silver-loaded titanium(iv) oxide at room temperature without the use of reducing gases