Novel method of oxidation by polymeric reagent electrochemically generated and recycled in situ. Facile oxidation of alcohols

J Yoshida, R Nakai, N Kawabata

Index: Yoshida, Jun-ichi; Nakai, Ryoichi; Kawabata, Nariyoshi Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1980 , vol. 45, # 26 p. 5269 - 5273

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Abstract

A polymeric reagent electrochemically generated from crosslinked poly-Cvinylpyridine hydrobromide (1) was found to oxidize secondary alcohols to give the corresponding ketones in the absence of electric current. The exhausted polymeric reagent was regenerated by electrochemical oxidation. Thus a mild method of oxidation was developed which involved an electrochemical process in the presence of 1. Secondary alcohols were ...