Raju, T. and Manivasagan, S. and Revathy, B. and Kulangiappar, K. and Muthukumaran, A. (2007) A mild and efficient method for the oxidation of benzylic alcohols by two-phase electrolysis. Tetrahedron Letters, 48. pp. 3681-3684. ISSN 0040-4039

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Abstract

Electrochemical oxidation of benzylic and substituted benzylic alcohols by two-phase electrolysis yields the corresponding aldehydes as products. The reaction was carried out in a single compartment cell with platinum electrodes at room temperature in chloroform using an aqueous sodium bromide solution (25%) containing a catalytic amount of HBr. The two-phase electrolysis resulted in high yields (74–96%) of benzaldehyde from primary alcohols and secondary alcohols were oxidized to the corresponding ketone but only in low yields under these conditions.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Electroorganic
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	ttbdar CECRI
Date Deposited:	30 Mar 2012 12:52
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2012 12:52
URI:	http://cecri.csircentral.net/id/eprint/852

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