Applied Catalysis A: General, Vol.468, 184-189, 2013
Carbon nitride-catalyzed oxidative cleavage of carbon-carbon bond of alpha-hydroxy ketones with visible light and thermal radiation
Mesoporous carbon nitride (mpg-C3N4) as a photocatalyst showed higher photocatalytic activities in organic synthesis. Herein we reported a mpg-C3N4-catalyzed oxidation of alpha-hydroxy ketones to synthesize benzoic acids with visible light. This reaction represented a green and facile route to synthesize benzoic acids for which catalytic approaches were scarce. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.