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Preparative Biotransformations: Oxidation of Alcohols
Author(s) -
Romano Diego,
Villa Raffaella,
Molinari Francesco
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201200042
Subject(s) - biotransformation , alcohol oxidation , primary (astronomy) , chemistry , organic chemistry , alcohol , biocatalysis , oxidation reduction , catalysis , reaction mechanism , enzyme , biochemistry , physics , astronomy
Winning the primaries: Oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols, to their corresponding aldehydes or carboxylic acids and ketones respectively, are among the most important reactions in organic synthesis. In this Minireview we cover the oxidation of alcohols by biotransformation.