Abstract
The direct conversion of primary alcohols into oximes is reported
using manganese dioxide and alkoxylamines/hydroxylamine
as their hydrochloride salts or supported on Amberlyst 15. This
transformation has been applied to a range of benzylic, allylic and
propargylic alcohols and utilised to prepare the natural product citaldoxime.
Key words
oxidation -
O -alkyl oximes - oximes - citaldoxime - one-pot
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