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Palladium (II)-mediated oxidation of alcohols using 1, 2-dichloroethane as Pd (O) reoxidant

S Aït-Mohand, F Hénin, J Muzart

Index: Ait-Mohand; Henin; Muzart Tetrahedron Letters, 1995 , vol. 36, # 14 p. 2473 - 2476

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Abstract

The oxidation of primary and secondary, saturated, allylic or benzylic, alcohols is carried out in 1, 2-dichloroethane at reflux using catalytic amounts of both PdCl2 and Adogen 464 in the presence of an excess of sodium carbonate. High selectivities are obtained from saturated