Tetrahedron

Facile oxidative conversion of alcohols to esters using molecular iodine

N Mori, H Togo

Index: Mori, Naoshi; Togo, Hideo Tetrahedron, 2005 , vol. 61, # 24 p. 5915 - 5925

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Citation Number: 137

Abstract

Oxidation with molecular halogens and related reagents is attractive due to the simple operation and low cost. To date, halogen-mediated oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes, esters, and ketones with aqueous NaOCl, 2 Ca(OCl) 2 /AcOH, 3a,b t-BuOCl/Py, 3c Cl 2 -dimethyl sulfide, 4a,b,e Cl 2 -dimethyl sulfoxide, 4c Cl 2 -pyridine, 4d Cl 2 -HMPT or Br 2 -HMPT, 4f,g Br 2 /KBr, 5a Br 2 and HOBr, 5b NaBrO 2 , 5c NaBrO 3 , 5d PhCH 2 N + Me 3 Br 3 − , 5e NaBr/CH 3 CO 3 H, ...

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