Tetrahedron

Further functional group oxidations using sodium perborate

A McKillop, D Kemp

Index: McKillop, Alexander; Kemp, Duncan Tetrahedron, 1989 , vol. 45, # 11 p. 3299 - 3306

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Citation Number: 190

Abstract

Sodium perborate in acetic acid is an effective reagent for the oxidation of aromatic aldehydes to carboxylic acids, iodoarenes to (diacetoxyiodo) arenes, azines to N-oxides, and various types of sulphur heterocycles to S, S-dioxides. Nitriles are unaffected by the reagent in acetic acid, but undergo smooth hydration to amides when aqueous methanol is employed as solvent.