Synthetic Communications

Dimethyl sulfoxide pivaloyl chloride: a new reagent for oxidation of alcohols to carbonyls

A Dubey, SRV Kandula, P Kumar

Index: Dubey, Abhishek; Kandula, Subba Rao V.; Kumar, Pradeep Synthetic Communications, 2008 , vol. 38, # 5 p. 746 - 753

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Abstract

Abstract An efficient procedure for conversion of alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds, an alternative to the classical Swern oxidation, is described. Pivaloyl chloride is employed as a mild and inexpensive electrophile. A possible reaction mechanism is proposed.