Green, Catalytic Oxidation of Alcohols in Water

Alcohol oxidations are typically performed with stoichiometric reagents that generate heavy-metal waste and are usually run in chlorinated solvents. A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcoho...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2000-03, Vol.287 (5458), p.1636-1639
Main Authors: Brink, Gerd-Jan ten, Isabel W. C. E. Arends, Sheldon, Roger A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alcohol
Alcohol, Denatured
Alcohols
Catalysis
Catalysts
Chemistry
Ethanol
Exact sciences and technology
General and physical chemistry
Inhalants
Messenger RNA
Meteorites
Oxidation
Oxidation-reduction reaction
Oxidation-reduction reactions
Oxygen
Palladium
Reaction kinetics
RNA editing
Solubility
Solvents
Stoichiometry
Theory of reactions, general kinetics. Catalysis. Nomenclature, chemical documentation, computer chemistry
Water
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Summary:Alcohol oxidations are typically performed with stoichiometric reagents that generate heavy-metal waste and are usually run in chlorinated solvents. A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids in a biphasic water-alcohol system. The use of water as a solvent and air as the oxidant makes the reaction interesting from both an economic and environmental point of view.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.287.5458.1636