Quinone-amine polymers as metal-free and reductant-free catalysts for hydroxylation of benzene to phenol with molecular oxygen

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jul 2;55(54):7772-7775. doi: 10.1039/c9cc03623g.

Abstract

Quinone-amine polymers were employed as metal-free and reductant-free catalysts for the hydroxylation of benzene to phenol with molecular oxygen, yielding phenol as high as the transition metal catalyst.