Synthesis 2001(15): 2273-2276
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18443
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Solvent-Free Oxidations of Alcohols, Oximes, Aldehydes and Cyclic Acetals by Pyridinium Chlorochromate

Peyman Salehi*a, Habib Firouzabadib, Afsaneh Farrokhic, Mostafa Gholizadehd
a Department of Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran
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b Department of Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran
c Department of Chemistry, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran
d Department of Chemistry, Sabzevar Teacher Training University, Sabzevar, Iran
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Publication History

Received 17 January 2001
Publication Date:
05 August 2004 (online)

Abstract

Oxidative transformations of alcohols, oximes and cyclic acetals to carbonyl compounds proceed efficiently by pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) under solvent-free conditions. The oxidation of aromatic and cinnamylic aldehydes to carboxylic acids, which does not occur by PCC in solution, is achieved satisfactorily in the absence of solvent.