Oxidation of organic substrates by molecular oxygen mediated by N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) and acetaldehyde

Abstract

Various organic substrates, in particular hydrocarbons, are efficiently oxidized under mild conditions using molecular oxygen, N-hydroxyphthalimide and acetaldehyde, in the absence of metal catalysts.

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