Synthesis 2012; 44(16): 2560-2566
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1289764
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Microphotochemistry Using 5-mm Light-Emitting Diodes: Energy-Efficient Photooxidations

Authors

  • John M. Carney

    Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0323, USA, Fax: +1(402)2805737   eMail: mhulce@creighton.edu
  • Reagan J. Hammer

    Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0323, USA, Fax: +1(402)2805737   eMail: mhulce@creighton.edu
  • Martin Hulce*

    Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0323, USA, Fax: +1(402)2805737   eMail: mhulce@creighton.edu
  • Chad M. Lomas

    Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0323, USA, Fax: +1(402)2805737   eMail: mhulce@creighton.edu
  • Dayna Miyashiro

    Department of Chemistry, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178-0323, USA, Fax: +1(402)2805737   eMail: mhulce@creighton.edu
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 29. Februar 2012

Accepted: 07. März 2012

Publikationsdatum:
24. April 2012 (online)


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Abstract

Commercial, inexpensive 5-mm milliwatt light-emitting diodes are effective sources for batch microphotochemical oxidations. Using limited quantities of singlet oxygen, these oxidations are atom economical and therefore useful for labeling experiments with rare isotopes.