Mesoporous N-Doped Carbon Catalyst

Room-temp aqueous oxidation

Catalyzes selective oxidation of inert C(sp3)-H bonds to ketones under mild aqueous conditions.

Miao, Meng · Yu, Xiangzhu · Yingyu, Jiang · Yi, Hu · Xueying, Tang · Enshuang, Bai · Chenlai, Guo · Wang, Lianyue

Applied Surface Science 2026

Advantages

Oxidizes C(sp3)-H bonds and secondary alcohols to ketones using TBHP in water at room temperature

Substrate scope includes aromatic hydrocarbons and heterobenzylic C(sp3)-H bonds

Gram-scale experiments demonstrate good applicability