Carboxylic Acids from Primary Alcohols and Aldehydes by a Pyridinium Chlorochromate Catalyzed Oxidation

Mo Hunsen*

*Department of Chemistry, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA, Email: hunsenmkenyon.edu

M. Hunsen, Synthesis, 2005, 2487-2490.

DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872085

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Abstract

A facile and quantitative preparation of carboxylic acids by a pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) catalyzed (2 mol%) oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes using 2.2 equivalents and 1.1 equivalents of H₅IO₆, respectively, in acetonitrile is described here.

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Key Words

alcohols, aldehydes, oxidation, carboxylic acids, catalysis, pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC), periodic acid

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ID: J66-Y2005-1640