"Dark" Singlet Oxygen Made Easy.

Chemistry

School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Main Building, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, UK.

Published: September 2019

An operationally simple continuous flow generator of "dark" singlet oxygen has been developed. The singlet oxygen was efficiently reacted with several chemical traps to give the corresponding oxygenated products in high yields. The developed "dark" singlet oxygen generator has been successfully applied in the synthesis of the antimalarial drug artemisinin.

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