Citation: Da Bin GAO, Jing Mei YIN, Ming GUO, Yuan YU, Yong An MA. Photocatalytic C-H Bonds Activation:Ambient Carbonylation of Cyclohexane by Co (acac)₂ Under Ultraviolet Irradiation[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, ;1997, 8(9): 763-764. shu

Photocatalytic C-H Bonds Activation:Ambient Carbonylation of Cyclohexane by Co (acac)₂ Under Ultraviolet Irradiation

a Department of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Dalian University, Dalian 116622;
b National Marine Environmental Monitoring Center, Institute of Marine Environmental Protection, State Oceanic Administration, Dalian 116023

Received Date: 28 April 1997

Fund Project: The authors are indebted to the Natural Sciences & Technology Foundation Council of Liaoning Province, and Carbon Resource Open Laboratory Foundation of Dalian University of Technology, for the generous financial support.

A high turnover number was achieved in the photocatalytic carbonylation of C-H bonds of cyclohexane catalyzed by Co (acac)₂ under ambient conditions (1 atm,25℃)to give mainly cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde.
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