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Palladium/benzoquinone-catalyzed electrochemical oxidation of alcohols under anaerobic conditions

C Amatore, C Cammoun, A Jutand

Index: Amatore, Christian; Cammoun, Chama; Jutand, Anny Synlett, 2007 , # 14 p. 2173 - 2178

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Abstract

Abstract Primary and secondary alcohols are oxidized to aldehydes and ketones, respectively, under anaerobic conditions in DMF at 80 C, in the presence of a base and catalytic amounts of Pd (OAc) 2 and p-benzoquinone. The latter oxidizes the transient Pd (0) formed in the catalytic cycle to Pd (II) and p-hydroquinone is re-oxidized electrochemically.