A MILD, SIMPLE AND GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR THE OXIDATION OF BENZYL ALCOHOLS TO BENZALDEHYDES

Authors
ROSENAU T POTTHAST A CHEN CL GRATZL JS
Citation
T. Rosenau et al., A MILD, SIMPLE AND GENERAL PROCEDURE FOR THE OXIDATION OF BENZYL ALCOHOLS TO BENZALDEHYDES, Synthetic communications, 26(2), 1996, pp. 315-320
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Synthetic communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00397911
Volume
26
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
315 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-7911(1996)26:2<315:AMSAGP>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
The enzyme/cofactor system e/2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-s ulfonic acid) catalyzes the oxidation of benzyl alcohols to the corres ponding benzaldehydes by molecular oxygen. The reaction proceeds under physiological conditions to yield the products quantitatively.