Transition metal-free approach for late-stage benzylic C(sp3)–H etherifications and esterifications

<strong>Description of the dataset: </strong> <strong>Origin of the data: </strong>Experimental spectroscopic measurements<br> <strong>Data Type: </strong>experimental measurements, open access supporting information<br> The data are in CSV, XLSX and FBSW. Supporting information are supplied in PDF format. Data <strong>generated </strong>by instruments: Varian Cary 5000 UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer for UV-Vis measurements,<br> Varian Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrophotomer for fluorescence quenching measurements. <strong>Analytical and procedural information: </strong>Stern-Volmer fluorescence quenching experiments and UV-Vis measurements. <strong>Definition of variables: </strong>Wavelength, Absorbance, Concentration<br> <strong>Units of measurement: </strong>nanometers (nm), moles-per-litre (mol/l) <strong>Abbreviations: </strong><br> File names and data headers use the following abbreviations: <strong>SVQuench </strong>refers to Stern-Volmer quenching experiments <strong>MesAcrMe xx </strong>refers to data related to the catalyst 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium. <strong>Xx </strong>is the amount of catalyst in mol/l (10-4 should be intended as 0.1 mmol/l and so on). <strong>EtAn xx </strong>refer to measurements related to 8-ethylanisol. <strong>Xx </strong>is the amount of quencher in mol/l as above. <strong>BenzAc xx </strong>refer to measurements related to benzoic acid. <strong>Xx </strong>is the amount of quencher in mol/l as above. <strong>Pyrz xx </strong>refer to measurements related to pyrazole. <strong>Xx </strong>is the amount of quencher in mol/l as above.