Homogeneous photochemical oxidation via singlet O2 in supercritical CO2

Richard A Bourne; Xue Han; Adrian O Chapman; Nicholas J Arrowsmith; Hajime Kawanami; Martyn Poliakoff; Michael W George

doi:10.1039/b806063k

Homogeneous photochemical oxidation via singlet O2 in supercritical CO2

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Oct 7:(37):4457-9. doi: 10.1039/b806063k. Epub 2008 Aug 5.

Authors

Richard A Bourne¹, Xue Han, Adrian O Chapman, Nicholas J Arrowsmith, Hajime Kawanami, Martyn Poliakoff, Michael W George

Affiliation

¹ School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, UK NG7 2RD.

PMID: 18802589
DOI: 10.1039/b806063k

Abstract

This communication describes the reaction chemistry of singlet oxygen in supercritical carbon dioxide, demonstrating rapid and quantitative conversion of alpha-terpinene to ascaridole.