La. Martinez et al., OXIDATION OF BENZYL AND ALLYL ALCOHOLS US ING A SOLVENT-FREE MNO2-BENTONITE SYSTEM WITH MICROWAVES OR ULTRASOUND, Tetrahedron letters, 34(33), 1993, pp. 5293-5294
A new selective and simple method for benzylic and allylic alcohols ox
idation to aldehydes is reported. The oxidation is achieved with MnO2/
bentonite1/microwave and MnO2/bentonite/ultrasound, both in dry medium
.