Potassium Permanganate

Recent Literature

Various terminal olefinic compounds are directly converted into the corresponding α-hydroxy ketones in good yields by potassium permanganate oxidation. The reaction is highly chemoselective in the presence of differently protected hydroxy groups.
C. Bonini, L. Chiummiento, M. Funicello, P. Lupattelli, M. Pullez, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2006, 80-83.

Permanganate supported on active manganese dioxide can be used effectively for the oxidation of arenes, alcohols and sulfides under heterogeneous or solvent-free conditions.
A. Shaabania, P. Mirzaeia, S. Naderia, D. G. Leeb, Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 11415-11420.

A. Shaabania, P. Mirzaeia, S. Naderia, D. G. Leeb, Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 11415-11420.

A. Shaabania, P. Mirzaeia, S. Naderia, D. G. Leeb, Tetrahedron, 2004, 60, 11415-11420.