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Direct aerobic photo-oxidative syntheses of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics using anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid as organophotocatalyst

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This paper reports a useful method for facile direct syntheses of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics by aerobic photo-oxidation using anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid as an organophotocatalyst.

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    Norihiro Tada, Yuki Ikebata, Tomoya Nobuta, Shin-ichi Hirashima, Tsuyoshi Miura & Akichika Itoh

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† Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: reaction was carried out under an Ar atmosphere. 10.1039/c2pp05387j

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Tada, N., Ikebata, Y., Nobuta, T. et al. Direct aerobic photo-oxidative syntheses of aromatic methyl esters from methyl aromatics using anthraquinone-2,3-dicarboxylic acid as organophotocatalyst. Photochem Photobiol Sci 11, 616–619 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1039/c2pp05387j

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