Example 3
Cyclohexene (1a) and polar organic solvent, preferably acetonitrile in (1:2 to 1:10 weight ratio with respect to the substrate) was taken in to a 60 ml vessel. Further, the bare graphene oxide as photocatalyst (1 to 10 mol % of the substrate) was added and the resulting mixture was saturated with CO2 by purging at 1 atm pressure. The reaction vessel was sealed and irradiated with 20 W LED light (Model No. HP-FL-20 W-F, Hope LED Opto-Electric CO., Ltd) for 24 h. The intensity of the LED light at the reaction flask was measured to be 86 W/m2 by intensity meter. The conversion of the olefin was examined by GC-FID based on the unreacted substrate. The selectivity of the α,β-unsaturated hydroxyl or carbonyl compounds was determined by GC-MS. The conversion of olefin and the selectivity towards the corresponding α,β-unsaturated hydroxyl and ketone is given in the Table 1, entry 3.
