Selective Iron??Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzylic and Allylic Alcohols

…, K Thurow, A Spannenberg, K Junge…

Index: Join, Benoit; Moeller, Konstanze; Ziebart, Carolin; Schroeder, Kristin; Goerdes, Dirk; Thurow, Kerstin; Spannenberg, Anke; Junge, Kathrin; Beller, Matthias Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2011 , vol. 353, # 16 p. 3023 - 3030

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Abstract

Abstract A convenient and selective oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen peroxide to give aldehydes and ketones has been developed. Using in situ generated iron chloride complexes [Fe (L3) 2 Cl n][n= 0–1, L3= 6-(N-phenylbenzimidazoyl)-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid], aldehydes and ketones were obtained in good yield and excellent selectivity after a short reaction time at room temperature.