Tetrahedron Letters

Air-stable iron catalyst for the Oppenauer-type oxidation of alcohols

SA Moyer, TW Funk

Index: Moyer, Sara A.; Funk, Timothy W. Tetrahedron Letters, 2010 , vol. 51, # 41 p. 5430 - 5433

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Abstract

An alcohol oxidation process using an air-stable iron tricarbonyl compound structurally similar to Shvo's diruthenium bridging hydride was developed. Secondary benzylic and allylic alcohols are oxidized in high yields, and evidence for an Oppenauer-type mechanism is presented.

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