Photocatalytic aerobic oxidation of amines to imines on BiVO4 under visible light irradiation

Bo Yuan; Ruifeng Chong; Bao Zhang; Jun Li; Yan Liu; Can Li

doi:10.1039/c4cc07097f

Photocatalytic aerobic oxidation of amines to imines on BiVO4 under visible light irradiation

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Dec 21;50(98):15593-6. doi: 10.1039/c4cc07097f. Epub 2014 Oct 31.

Authors

Bo Yuan¹, Ruifeng Chong, Bao Zhang, Jun Li, Yan Liu, Can Li

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China. yanliu503@dicp.ac.cn canli@dicp.ac.cn.

PMID: 25360458
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07097f

Abstract

BiVO4 was found to be an efficient photocatalyst under visible light irradiation for selective oxidation of amines to imines with high activity (99% conversion) and selectivity (up to 99%) using oxygen as an oxidant.