Photocatalytic one-pot alkylation of nitrobenzene with benzyl alcohol for the precise synthesis of N-benzylideneaniline over F-doped Bi2MoO6 nanosheets

Selective chemisorption and activation of benzyl alcohol and nitrobenzene on F 0.04 -BMO-NSs via interface coordination Bi 3+ (Mo 6+ )⋯OH–C– and Mo 5+ ⋯O 2 N. Hydrogen transfer takes place from the alcohol to nitrobenzene precisely forming N -benzylideneaniline.