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A General and Efficient Zinc‐Catalyzed Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohols to Aldehydes and Esters
Author(s) -
Wu XiaoFeng
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201201105
Subject(s) - zinc , catalysis , benzyl alcohol , chemistry , organic chemistry , alcohol oxidation , aldehyde
Go green : A general and efficient zinc‐catalyzed oxidation of benzyl alcohols has been developed. In the presence of a zinc catalyst, various aldehydes and esters have been prepared in good to excellent yields under mild conditions (see scheme).