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Iron Nitrate/TEMPO: a Superior Homogeneous Catalyst for Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Nitriles in Air
Author(s) -
Dighe Shashikant U.,
Chowdhury Deepan,
Batra Sanjay
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201400718
Subject(s) - chemistry , allylic rearrangement , primary (astronomy) , catalysis , ammonia , homogeneous , nitrate , ferric , aqueous solution , organic chemistry , alcohol oxidation , homogeneous catalysis , inorganic chemistry , physics , astronomy , thermodynamics
A highly practical, one‐step, facile synthesis of aromatic, heteroaromatic, allylic and aliphatic nitriles from primary alcohols catalyzed by ferric nitrate [Fe(NO 3 ) 3 ⋅9H 2 O] in the presence of TEMPO, aqueous ammonia and air at room temperature is described.