Synlett 2018; 29(07): 974-978
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1609149
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Sulfuric Acid-Promoted Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols to Aromatic Aldehydes in Dimethyl Sulfoxide: An Efficient Metal-Free Oxidation Approach

Autor*innen

  • Ehsan Sheikhi*

    a   School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6455, Tehran, Iran   eMail: ehsan.sheikhi@gmail.com   eMail: madib@khayam.ut.ac.ir
  • Mehdi Adib*

    a   School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6455, Tehran, Iran   eMail: ehsan.sheikhi@gmail.com   eMail: madib@khayam.ut.ac.ir
  • Morteza Akherati Karajabad

    a   School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran, PO Box 14155-6455, Tehran, Iran   eMail: ehsan.sheikhi@gmail.com   eMail: madib@khayam.ut.ac.ir
  • Seyed Jamal Addin Gohari

    b   Department of Chemistry, Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran

This research was supported by the Research Council of University of Tehran.
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 17. Oktober 2017

Accepted after revision: 18. Dezember 2017

Publikationsdatum:
29. Januar 2018 (online)


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Abstract

An efficient metal-free oxidation of benzylic alcohols to ­aromatic aldehydes is described. Heating a solution of the benzylic alcohol in DMSO in the presence of H2SO4 afforded the corresponding aldehyde in excellent yield. This oxidation reaction, which proceeds with a short reaction time and no side products, is akin to the Pfitzner–Moffatt oxidation, but without the need for N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.