Autoxidative sp 3 C–H transformation of diarylmethanes has been demonstrated using O 2 -mediation by t -BuONa. This protocol enables an alternative route for the access to diaryl ketones from benzyl derivatives in good to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions, without transition metal catalysts or additional chemical oxidants.
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Li et al. (2017) studied this question.