Issue 76, 2014

An expedient osmium(vi)/K3Fe(CN)6-mediated selective oxidation of benzylic, allylic and propargylic alcohols

Abstract

A chemoselective osmium(VI) catalyzed oxidation of benzylic, allylic and propargylic alcohols using K3Fe(CN)6 as a secondary oxidant is described. This protocol is operationally simple and exhibits excellent chemoselectivity favouring the oxidation of benzylic alcohols over the aliphatic alcohols. A larger scale reaction was also found to be compatible.

Graphical abstract: An expedient osmium(vi)/K3Fe(CN)6-mediated selective oxidation of benzylic, allylic and propargylic alcohols

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
23 Jul 2014
Accepted
19 Aug 2014
First published
19 Aug 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 40561-40568

An expedient osmium(VI)/K3Fe(CN)6-mediated selective oxidation of benzylic, allylic and propargylic alcohols

R. A. Fernandes and V. Bethi, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 40561 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA07500E

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