Photo-induced deep aerobic oxidation of alkyl aromatics

Oxidation is a major chemical process to produce oxygenated chemicals in both nature and the chemical industry.Presently,the industrial manufacture of benzoic acids and benzene polycarboxylic acids(BPCAs)is mainly based on the deep oxidation of polyalkyl benzene,which is somewhat suffering from environmental and economical disadvantage due to the formation of ozone-depleting Me Br and corrosion hazards of production equipment.In this report,photo-induced deep aerobic oxidation of(poly)alkyl benzene to benzene(poly)carboxylic acids was developed.CeCl_(3) was proved to be an efficient HAT(hydrogen atom transfer)catalyst in the presence of alcohol as both hydrogen and electron shuttle.Dioxygen(O_(2))was found as a sole terminal oxidant.In most cases,pure products were easily isolated by simple filtration,implying large-scale implementation advantages.The reaction provides an ideal protocol to produce valuable fine chemicals from naturally abundant petroleum feedstocks.

A silica gel supported cobalt(Ⅱ) Schiff base complex as efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of alkyl aromatics

A silica gel supported cobalt（lI） Schiff base complex was synthesized and used for the oxidation of alkyl aromatics using molecular oxygen as an oxidant under atmosphere pressure. The catalyst shows a high conversion of alkyl aromatics and selectivity to benzylic ketones, and could be reused at least 5 times without significant loss of catalytic activity.

Solvents incubatedπ-πstacking in hole transport layer for perovskite-silicon 2-terminal tandem solar cells with 27.21%efficiency

Room temperature sputtered inorganic nickel oxide(NiO_(x))is one of the most promising hole transport layers(HTL)for perovskite-sillion 2-terminal tandem solar cells with the aid of ultrathin and compact organic layers to passivate the surface defects.In this study,the aromatic solvent with different substituent groups was used to regulate the conformation of poly[bis(4-phenyl)(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)am ine](PTAA)layer.As a result,the single-junction perovskite solar cell(PSC)gained a power conversion efficiency(PCE)of 20.63%,contributing to a 27.21%efficiency for monolithic perovskite/silicon(double-side polished)2-terminal tandem solar cell,by applying the alkyl aromatic solvent to enhance theπ-πstacking of PTAA molecular chains.The tandem solar cell can maintain 95%initial efficiency after aging over 1000 h.This study provides a universal approach for improving the photovoltaic performance of NiO_(x)/polymer-based perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells and other single junction inverted PSCs.

Synthesis of porous aromatic framework with Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction for CO_2 separation

A novel porous aromatic framework, PAF-8, derived from tetraphenylsilane as basic building unit, was successfully synthesized via Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction. This PAF material had high thermal stability as well as high surface area （785 m^2 g^-1） calculated from the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller （BET） model. Meanwhile, PAF-8 possessed high performances in gas sorption and especially for CO2 separation.

Copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of methyleneindolinones and N,N'-cyclic azomethine imines

A copper-catalyzed stereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of methyleneindolinones and N,N0-cyclic azomethine imines has been developed under mild reaction conditions.The spiro[pyrazolidin-3,30-oxindoles] were obtained in moderate to high isolated yields（up to 82%） with good stereoselevtivities（up to 15：1） in the presence of 5 mol% of Cu（OAc）2at room temperature.

Expedient copper-catalyzed borylation reactions using amino acids as ligands

Amino acids were found to be as good ligands for copper-catalyzed borylation reactions of primary and secondary alkyl halides,and the B2pin2 acted as bi-boron source for borylation.The high reaction efficiency and mild conditions make the new catalyst system a useful alternative to the recently developed methods for the preparation of alkylboronic esters.