In 2022,Ju, Zhao-Yang; Song, Li-Na; Chong, Ming-Ben; Cheng, Dang-Guo; Hou, Yang; Zhang, Xi-Ming; Zhang, Qing-Hua; Ren, Lan-Hui published an article in Journal of Organic Chemistry. The title of the article was 《Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Csp3-H Bonds Catalyzed by Yeast-Derived Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Oxygen Codoped Carbon Materials》.COA of Formula: C7H7NO The author mentioned the following in the article:
Nitrogen, phosphorus and oxygen codoped carbon catalysts were successfully synthesized using dried yeast powder as pyrolysis precursor. The yeast-derived heteroatom-doped carbon (yeast@C) catalysts exhibited outstanding performance in the oxidation of Csp3-H bonds to ketones and esters giving excellent products yields (up to 98% yield) without organic solvents at low O2 pressure (0.1 MPa). The catalytic oxidation protocol exhibited broad range of substrates (38 examples) with good functional group tolerance, excellent regioselectivity and synthetic utility. The yeast-derived heteroatom-doped carbon catalysts showed good reusability and stability after recycle six times without any significant loss of activity. Exptl. results and DFT calculations proved the important role of N-oxide (N+-O-) on the surface of yeast@C and a reasonable carbon radical mechanism. In the experiment, the researchers used 4-Acetylpyridine(cas: 1122-54-9COA of Formula: C7H7NO)
4-Acetylpyridine(cas: 1122-54-9) belongs to pyridine. Pyridine is a relatively complex molecule and exhibits a number of different bands in IR spectra. Among others, the bands characterizing the ν8a and ν19b modes have been found to be sensitive to the coordination or protonation of the molecule. Note that the band that is diagnostic for the PyH+ ion at about 1545 cm− 1 (ν19b mode) does not overlap with any of the other bands.COA of Formula: C7H7NO