ChemInform Abstract: Remote Hydroxylation Through Radical Translocation and Polar Crossover.

The site-selective replacement of relatively inert aliphatic C-H bonds with the hydroxy group is facilitated by employing the photocatalyst together with sulfonate esters and sulfonamides and involves a radical translocation, oxidation to carbocation, and nucleophilic trapping with H2O under mild reaction conditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]