Synlett 2013; 24(1): 90-96
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317676
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Ruthenium Hydride Catalyzed Direct Oxidation of Alcohols to Carboxylic Acids via Transfer Hydrogenation: Styrene Oxide as Oxygen Source

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Received: 07 September 2012

Accepted after revision: 30 October 2012

Publication Date:
05 December 2012 (online)


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Abstract

Direct oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids using styrene epoxide as oxidant in the presence of [RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3] complex as catalyst is reported. By this catalytic system, a variety of primary alcohols including substituted benzyl alcohols as well as linear ones were directly converted into carboxylic acids in good to excellent yields.

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