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  • Highly efficient Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols to ketones and aldehydes with diaziridinone.

Highly efficient Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols to ketones and aldehydes with diaziridinone.

Organic letters (2013-02-19)
Yingguang Zhu, Baoguo Zhao, Yian Shi
ABSTRACT

A novel and efficient Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols has been achieved with di-tert-butyldiaziridinone as the oxidant under mild conditions. A wide variety of primary and secondary alcohols with various functional groups can be oxidized to aldehydes and ketones in high yields. The reaction proceeds under neutral conditions making it compatible with acid- or base-sensitive substrates, and it is amenable to gram scale.

MATERIALS
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Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
2,2-Dimethyl-1-phenyl-1-propanol, 99%
Sigma-Aldrich
Copper(I) iodide, 99.999% trace metals basis
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Copper(I) iodide, purum, ≥99.5%
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Copper(I) iodide, 98%