Phase-Transfer Permanganate Oxidation of Unfunctionalized Benzylic Positions
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Georg Thieme Verlag KG in Synthesis
- Vol. 1987 (10) , 915-917
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-1987-28121
Abstract
The utility of potassium permanganate in a biphasic medium employing a phase-transfer catalyst is described for the selective oxidations of doubly- benzylic secondary carbons to ketones and doubly-benzylic tertiary carbons to alcohols as well as of singly-benzylic secondary alcohols to ketones.Keywords
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