Tetrahedron Letters

Selective oxidation of aromatic primary alcohols to aldehydes using molybdenum acetylide oxo-peroxo complex as catalyst

AV Biradar, MK Dongare, SB Umbarkar

Index: Biradar, Ankush V.; Dongare, Mohan K.; Umbarkar, Shubhangi B. Tetrahedron Letters, 2009 , vol. 50, # 24 p. 2885 - 2888

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Abstract

Selective oxidation of various aromatic alcohols to aldehydes has been carried out with very high conversion (90%) and selectivity (90%) for aldehydes using cyclopentadienyl molybdenum acetylide complex, CpMo (CO) 3 (CCPh)(1) as catalyst and hydrogen peroxide as environmentally benign oxidant. Water-soluble Mo acetylide oxo-peroxo species is formed in situ after reaction of 1 with aqueous hydrogen peroxide during the course of ...