Chemical Communications

A convenient palladium-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of alcohols at room temperature

MJ Schultz, CC Park, MS Sigman

Index: Schultz, Mitchell J.; Park, Candice C.; Sigman, Matthew S. Chemical Communications, 2002 , # 24 p. 3034 - 3035

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Citation Number: 108

Abstract

The use of palladium catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones is well-precedented. 1 Recently, the use of molecular oxygen as a reoxidant in Pd-catalyzed oxidations of alcohols has been reported. 2,3 The use of molecular oxygen as the stoichiometric oxidant is ideal because it is readily available, soluble in common organic solvents, 4 and generates environmentally benign by-products. However, Pd-catalyzed aerobic oxidations are often ...