Fig. 3: Reaction scale-up under photoflow conditions, proposed mechanism of alkene 1,2-alkoxy-hydroxylation and mechanistic studies supporting the proposed catalytic cycle. | Nature Chemistry

Fig. 3: Reaction scale-up under photoflow conditions, proposed mechanism of alkene 1,2-alkoxy-hydroxylation and mechanistic studies supporting the proposed catalytic cycle.

From: Activation of alcohols as sulfonium salts in the photocatalytic hetero-difunctionalization of alkenes

Fig. 3

a, The optimized photocatalytic 1,2-alkoxy-hydroxylation of alkenes for a photoflow reactor. b, The proposed catalytic cycle. c, Stern–Volmer fluorescence quenching studies. d, Cyclic voltammetry studies. e, A radical intermediate trapping experiment. f, A control experiment supporting the formation of an alkoxy radical intermediate. bpy, 2,2′-bipyridine; Py, pyridine; tR, retention time.

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