Direct aerobic photo-oxidative syntheses of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics using anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid as organophotocatalyst.

Norihiro Tada, Yuki Ikebata, Tomoya Nobuta, Shin-ichi Hirashima, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh

Gifu Pharmaceutical University, 1-25-4 Daigaku-nishi, Gifu 501-1196, Japan.

Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology 2012 Apr

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This paper reports a useful method for facile direct syntheses of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics by aerobic photo-oxidation using anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid as an organophotocatalyst.

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Norihiro Tada, Yuki Ikebata, Tomoya Nobuta, Shin-ichi Hirashima, Tsuyoshi Miura, Akichika Itoh. Direct aerobic photo-oxidative syntheses of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics using anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid as organophotocatalyst. Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology. 2012 Apr;11(4):616-9