Carboxylic Acids from Primary Alcohols and Aldehydes by a Pyridinium Chlorochromate Catalyzed Oxidation

Mo Hunsen

doi:10.1055/s-2005-872085

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Carboxylic Acids from Primary Alcohols and Aldehydes by a Pyridinium Chlorochromate Catalyzed Oxidation

Mo Hunsen*
Department of Chemistry, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 43022, USA
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Abstract

A facile and quantitative preparation of carboxylic acids by a pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) catalyzed (2 mol%) oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes using 2.2 equivalents and 1.1 equivalents of H₅IO₆, respectively, in acetonitrile is described here.

Key words

alcohols - aldehydes - oxidation - carboxylic acids - catalysis - pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) - periodic acid

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