T. Aoyama et al., CHEMICAL MANGANESE-DIOXIDE (CMD), AN EFFICIENT ACTIVATED MANGANESE-DIOXIDE - APPLICATION TO OXIDATION OF BENZYLIC AND ALLYLIC ALCOHOLS, Synlett, (1), 1998, pp. 35
Oxidation of benzylic and allylic alcohols with chemical manganese dio
xide smoothly proceeded under mild reaction conditions to give the cor
responding aldehydes and ketones, respectively, in high yields.