Oxidation of benzyl halides to aldehydes and ketones with potassium nitrate catalyzed by phase-transfer catalyst in aqueous media

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 4188-4197

  Liu, Qifa ^a   Lu, Ming ^a   Sun, Feng ^b   Li, Jiang ^a   Zhao, Yuebing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Nanjing Cosmos Chemical Co   (China)

Author keywords

Benzyl halide; Oxidation; Phase transfer catalyst; Potassium nitrate

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; BENZYL HALIDE DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM NITRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHASE TRANSFER CATALYSIS; PRODUCT RECOVERY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 55349090312     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802323080     Document Type: Article

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