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Mimicking natural photosynthesis is a promising way to produce fine chemicals, yet there is a need for efficient catalysts. Here, we synthesized a photocatalyst made of self-assembled graphitic carbon nitride/sulfur/cobalt (III) tetraphenyl porphyrin, and we used this photocatalyst for production of the l-glutamate amino acid in 93.6% yield. Regeneration of the 1,4-dihydronicotinamide adenine dinucleotide cofactor under visible light reached 88.3%.
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We thank Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur for financial support. This work was also supported by Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), South Korea.
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Chaubey, S., Singh, C., Singh, P. et al. Efficient photocatalytic synthesis of l-glutamate using a self-assembled carbon nitride/sulfur/porphyrin catalyst. Environ Chem Lett 18, 1389–1395 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10311-020-01004-x
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