Palladium(II)-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols with air as reoxidant

• Oxidation of primary and secondary aliphatic and secondary benzylic alcohols into their corresponding aldehydes and ketones was achieved in good yields with palladium catalysts using air as the reoxidant of palladium. The use of palladacycle 1 resulted in higher yields and a faster reaction than the use of Pd(OAc)(2) as the palladium source.

Keyword

air

catalysts

homogeneous catalysis

metallacycles

oxidation

palladium

molecular-oxygen

catalyzed oxidation

benzylic alcohols

hydrogen-peroxide

aldehydes

ketones

efficient

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