A new catalytic oxidation of diarylmethanes mediated by 2,2',3,3',5,5'- hexaphenyl-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-dioxyl

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)78196-2

Diarylmethanes were catalytically oxidized with oxygen to benzophenones with a Cu(I)CI catalyst in butyronitrile as solvent in the presence of the mediating agent 2,2',3,3',5,5'-hexaphenyl-(1,1'-biphenyl)-4,4'-dioxyl 1, which was generated in situ from 2,2',3,3',5,5'-hexaphenyl-(1,1'-biphenyl)- 4-4'-diol 4.