Synthetic Communications

RuCl3-DCHA Catalyst System: A Selective Aerobic Oxidation of Primary Benzylic Alcohols Under Mild Conditions

…, D Ye, L Shu, S Zhang, Q Hu, L Liu

Index: Yu, Kaihui; Ye, Dongnai; Shu, Lei; Zhang, Shiyong; Hu, Qiaosheng; Liu, Liangxian Synthetic Communications, 2012 , vol. 42, # 15 p. 2318 - 2326

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Abstract

The aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes was performed in a RuCl 3 · 3H 2 O–dicyclohexylamine (DCHA) catalyst system under ambient atmosphere at room temperature. It is noteworthy that the RuCl 3 · 3H 2 O–DCHA system displayed a preference for the primary versus secondary benzylic alcohols in both intermolecular and intramolecular competition experiments. ... The aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to their ...