Chemistry letters

Sulfenamide-catalyzed Oxidation of Primary and Secondary Alcohols with Molecular Bromine.

J Matsuo, A Kawana, H Yamanaka, T Mukaiyama

Index: Matsuo, Jun-Ichi; Kawana, Asahi; Yamanaka, Hiroyuki; Mukaiyama, Teruaki Chemistry Letters, 2003 , vol. 32, # 2 p. 182 - 183

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Abstract

Primary and secondary alcohols were smoothly oxidized to the corresponding aldehydes and ketones in high yields at room temperature with 1.1 equiv. of molecular bromine by using a catalytic amount of Nt-butyl-2-nitrobenzenesulfenamide in the coexistence of potassium carbonate and molecular sieves 4A.