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SUBMITTER: Uraguchi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8179400 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Uraguchi Daisuke D Kato Kohsuke K Ooi Takashi T
Chemical science 20210115 8
An <i>o</i>-quinone methide (<i>o</i>-QM) featuring an overcrowded olefinic framework is introduced, which exhibits dehydridation activity owing to its enhanced zwitterionic character, particularly through photoexcitation. The characteristics of this <i>o</i>-QM enable the operation of dehydridative catalysis in the oxidation of benzylic secondary alcohols under aerobic photoirradiation conditions. An experimental analysis and density functional theory calculations provide mechanistic insights; ...[more]