Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5280515 | Tetrahedron Letters | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Electrochemical oxidation of benzylic and substituted benzylic alcohols by two-phase electrolysis yields the corresponding aldehydes as products. The reaction was carried out in a single compartment cell with platinum electrodes at room temperature in chloroform using an aqueous sodium bromide solution (25%) containing a catalytic amount of HBr. The two-phase electrolysis resulted in high yields (74-96%) of benzaldehyde from primary alcohols and secondary alcohols were oxidized to the corresponding ketone but only in low yields under these conditions.
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Authors
Thasan Raju, Sankar Manivasagan, Balachandran Revathy, Kumarasamy Kulangiappar, Arunachalam Muthukumaran,