Manganese dioxide can oxidise unactivated alcohols under in situ oxidation-Wittig conditions

Authors
Blackburn, L Wei, XD Taylor, RJK
Citation
L. Blackburn et al., Manganese dioxide can oxidise unactivated alcohols under in situ oxidation-Wittig conditions, CHEM COMMUN, (14), 1999, pp. 1337-1338
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
13597345 → ACNP
Issue
14
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1337 - 1338
Database
ISI
SICI code
1359-7345(19990721):14<1337:MDCOUA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The in situ alcohol oxidation-Wittig reaction using manganese dioxide as th e oxidant has been applied to semi-activated and, for the first time, unact ivated alcohols to furnish the corresponding alpha,beta-unsaturated esters.