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Green Chem., 2009, 11, 1787 - 1792, DOI: 10.1039/b914074c

Strategies for cleaner oxidations using photochemically generated singlet oxygen in supercritical carbon dioxide

Xue Han, Richard A. Bourne, Martyn Poliakoff and Michael W. George

Photochemically generated singlet oxygen, 1O2, has been reacted with four different substrates in supercritical carbon dioxide. By using fluorous surfactants and a co-solvent to solubilise more polar photosensitisers and reactants respectively, the applicability of the system is greatly enhanced.

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