The very efficient oxidation of alcohols by poly (4-vinylpyridine)-supported sodium ruthenate

HB Friedrich, N Singh

Index: Friedrich, Holger B.; Singh, Nirad Tetrahedron Letters, 2000 , vol. 41, # 20 p. 3971 - 3974

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Abstract

The selective oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes and ketones, respectively, plays a pivotal role in synthetic organic chemistry. 1 Consequently, various homogeneous oxidising reagents have been developed to effect these transformations. However, a major drawback of such oxidants is their lack of selectivity such as the over-oxidation of aldehydes to carboxylic acids and the degradation of unsaturated ...