Electrophilic oxygen species photocatalytically derived from water molecules can selectively react with the aromatic ring of both benzene and its derivatives to produce the corresponding phenols and hydrogen over platinum-loaded titanium oxide when illuminated with light of appropriate wavelength in the absence of oxygen.
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