Sa. Mohand et J. Muzart, OXIDATION OF ALCOHOLS BY SODIUM PERCARBONATE CATALYZED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF POTASSIUM DICHROMATE AND A PHASE-TRANSFER AGENT, Synthetic communications, 25(16), 1995, pp. 2373-2377
Catalytic amounts of both potassium dichromate and Adogen 464 are effe
ctive in promoting the oxidation by sodium percarbonate of various uns
aturated primary and secondary alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl
compounds at 80 degrees C in 1,2-dichloroethane, the reaction of satur
ated alcohols being sluggish.