Oxidation by Chemical Manganese Dioxide. Part 1. Facile Oxidation of Benzylic Alcohols in Hexane†

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Masao Hirano, Sigetaka Yakabe, Hideki Chikamori, James H. Clark and Takashi Morimoto


Abstract

An inexpensive, stable, commercially available reagent, chemical manganese dioxide, can be used for the oxidation of a wide variety of benzylic alcohols and the C–C bond cleavage of aromatic diols in hexane under relatively mild conditions.


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