A heterogeneous palladium catalyst hybridised with a titanium dioxide photocatalyst for direct C–C bond formation between an aromatic ring and acetonitrile

• DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41068d
• Publication Date: 2013-03-18T14:36:55Z
• Authors: Hisao Yoshida; Yuki Fujimura; Hayato Yuzawa; Jun Kumagai; Tomoko Yoshida
• Keywords: Titanium Dioxide

A palladium catalyst hybridised with a titanium dioxide photocatalyst can promote cyanomethylation of an aromatic ring by using acetonitrile, where the activates acetonitrile to form cyanomethyl radical before C-C bond formation catalyst.