Photocatalytic hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using continuous flow reactors

Inès G. T. M. Penders, Zacharias Amara, Raphael Horvath, Kai Rossen, Martyn Poliakoff, Michael W. George
2015 RSC Advances  
Photocatalytic oxidation of mono- and di-substituted arylboronic acids to phenols has been investigated in a continuous flow LED photoreactor. In EtOH–H2O, conversion was accelerated at 2 MPa; whereas reactions at 0.1 MPa led to 64% desymmetrisation.
doi:10.1039/c4ra15588b fatcat:fehekofusjcg3gmtzmkoxc2bbi