Highly efficient oxidation of alcohols to carbonyl compounds in the presence of molecular oxygen using a novel heterogeneous ruthenium catalyst

H Ji, T Mizugaki, K Ebitani, K Kaneda

Index: Ji, Hongbing; Mizugaki, Tomoo; Ebitani, Kohki; Kaneda, Kiyotomi Tetrahedron Letters, 2002 , vol. 43, # 40 p. 7179 - 7183

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Abstract

A ruthenium cation combined with microcrystals of cobalt hydroxide and cerium oxide acted as a highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the oxidation of various types of alcohols to carbonyl compounds under atmospheric pressure of molecular oxygen at 60° C. Especially, primary aliphatic alcohols could be oxidized to afford the carboxylic acids in high yields.