CO2 as oxidant: an unusual light-assisted catalyst free oxidation of aldehydes to acids under mild conditions

Shafiur Rehman Khan; Sandhya Saini; K Naresh; Alka Kumari; Vineet Aniya; Praveen K Khatri; Anjan Ray; Suman L Jain

doi:10.1039/d1cc06057k

CO₂ as oxidant: an unusual light-assisted catalyst free oxidation of aldehydes to acids under mild conditions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2022 Feb 10;58(13):2208-2211. doi: 10.1039/d1cc06057k.

Authors

Shafiur Rehman Khan¹, Sandhya Saini^{1

2}, K Naresh³, Alka Kumari³, Vineet Aniya³, Praveen K Khatri¹, Anjan Ray^{1

4}, Suman L Jain¹

Affiliations

¹ Chemical & Material Sciences Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Haridwar Road, Mohkampur, Dehradun-248005, India. suman@iip.res.in.
² Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad-201002, India.
³ Process Engineering Technology Transfer Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad-500007, India.
⁴ Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Mohkampur, Dehradun-248004, India.

PMID: 35072682
DOI: 10.1039/d1cc06057k

Abstract

A novel visible light-driven catalyst-free oxidation of aldehydes using CO₂ both in batch and flow photoreactors to get corresponding acids along with the formation of CO in the effluent gas is described.