Tetrahedron Letters

Highly efficient oxidation of benzyl alcohols using the catalytic system sulfoxide/oxo-complexes

SCA Sousa, JR Bernardo, AC Fernandes

Index: Sousa, Sara C. A.; Bernardo, Joana R.; Fernandes, Ana C. Tetrahedron Letters, 2012 , vol. 53, # 46 p. 6205 - 6208,4

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Abstract

In continuation of our work about the use of oxo-complexes as catalysts for oxidation/reduction reactions, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 in this communication we report the selective oxidation of benzyl alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes catalyzed by oxo-complexes using a sulfoxide as the oxidizing agent. ... Initially we investigated the oxidation of 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol with the oxo-complexes HReO 4 , MoO 2 (acac) 2 , MoO 2 Cl 2 , VO(acac) 2, and WO 2 Cl ...