Towards greener solvents for the bleach oxidation of alcohols catalysed by stable N-oxy radicals

…, JFC Castellana, H Jackman, PJ Dunn, RA Sheldon

Index: Janssen, Michiel H. A.; Chesa Castellana, Juan F.; Jackman, Hayley; Dunn, Peter J.; Sheldon, Roger A. Green Chemistry, 2011 , vol. 13, # 4 p. 905 - 912

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Abstract

We conducted a solvent screening study aimed at identifying greener alternatives for the commonly used solvent dichloromethane in N-oxy catalysed bleach oxidations of various alcohol substrates. We found that environmentally acceptable ester solvents, notably isopropyl acetate and methyl acetate, gave results comparable to or better than dichloromethane. However, there was no apparent correlation between common solvent ...